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June 6, 2008
It came from the Blogosphere...
Curbed.com, Is Atlantic Yards Rally About 'Fun' or More Subsidies?
The Atlantic Yards Battle heats up again today with a rally at Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn that will feature, among others, Rev. Al Sharpton and Curtis Sliwa. So, why is it taking place? Forest City Ratner, which is sponsoring the event, says it's being done because "We thought it would be a fun day." It does, after all, coincide with Brooklyn-Queens Day. (To refresh the memory on the big day: It's a Protestant holiday first celebrated in 1829 to commemorate the founding of the First Sunday School on Long Island that is marked on the first Thursday in June and is very important to the Nets, but not the Knicks.) Today's Sun, however, reports that some people suspect it may be a prelude to seeking more public money for the project as the developer is "working on finalizing the affordable housing component with the city and the state."
UPDATE: Sharpton was a no show.
Gowanus Lounge, Today’s “Brooklyn Day” Atlantic Yards Rally
A reader responds to photos from the Atlantic Yards rally:
Sliwa , the Guradian Angel guy, is supporting [Atlantic Yards]?? This looks like Munich circa 1939…propaganda.
Brooklyn Stoop, 2 Stoop Sales Raising Money for DDDB Litigation Against Atlantic Yards
If you missed their first stoop sale, don’t fret, you’re in luck because these Prospect Heights folk are having yet another one this coming weekend. The proceeds from this sale will go to the DDDB litigation against Ratner’s Atlantic Yards Proposal.
Castle Watch Daily, A Developer in Need of a Pep Rally and other news
The Atlantic Yards Project stalled a while back; in an interesting development, developer Bruce Ratner is holding a rally to support the return of professional sports to Brooklyn. Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn is a bit perplexed as well but reads between the lines.
Not another f*cking blog, New Atlantic Yards blogger
Seems we have another blogger in our midsts. The Footprint Gazette, published anonymously from within the DMZ of Prospect Heights, appeared today in my Google Alerts for "Atlantic Yards". I don't know who's behind this new chronicle, but so far I like what I've read.
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I have my hunches as to who is behind this, but I won't be naming names...
FlavorPill.com, Jun 3-9, 2008, Newsletter
Congratulations Bruce, nearly everyone is hip to your Atlantic Yards overdevelopment.
Amid luxury pop-up condos in Greenpoint, continued bickering about the Atlantic Yards (over)development, the shuttering of Florent, and a constant snarling of our favorite dirty word, "gentrification," it's been admittedly more difficult to find an underbelly anywhere in the city.
Posted by lumi at June 6, 2008 3:09 AM