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September 14, 2008
It Came from the Blogosphere...
In the 1980's, much of downtown Brooklyn was demolished to make way for a complex known as MTC, which was owned by the infamous Bruce Ratner, who is the head of FCR, in the claim that it would help revitalize the area when that wasn't the case. His complex included locations for Polytechnic University and a new home for LIU. Unfortunately, it didn't help a lot as numerous businesses were priced out especially G&T in 2004 when the latest rennovation caused it to move.
If you're wondering what's (going) up in Downtown Brooklyn, this site has block by block photos...
The Anetzberger Verdict, Construction for Arena in Brooklyn to Begin Soon
The Nets are more than likely going to move to Brooklyn at the end of the 2009 season. This is also conveniently at the end of Lebron James contract. Rumor has it that Lebron will sign with the Nets (in Brooklyn) and join his friend Jay-Z. Jay-Z is the co-owner of the Nets and is working to move the team to Brooklyn.
NoLandGrab: The first sentence here is missing the Borat-style "NOT" at the end it seems...
basketsession.com, Les Brooklyn Nets en chantier
Car si Ratner veut que son projet immobilier attire les foules, il va falloir rendre la ville de Brooklyn un peu plus sexy.
Brooklyn est abondance sexy car il est, merci beaucoup.
Nets Daily, Bloomberg: “We Will Do Everything We Can to Work with Ratner”
Mayor Michael Bloomberg left no doubt Wednesday where he stands on Atlantic Yards: “We desperately need to have development and that’s a very big part of the development in Brooklyn. I don’t know that we have to put government money in, but we certainly will do everything we can to work with Ratner to get those buildings going.” Now, Critics are complaining Bloomberg doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Yet another reason to support term limits...
The KnickerBlogger, Fairweather free marketeers
Even though it was Greenspan /Clinton years that was largely responsible for this (though Bush and CO are too blame as well) the fact that the super rich bankers are being bailed out will mean that republicans will NEVER be able to oppose subsidies for the poor on any idealogical basis. In other words, coming and going, right and left, government will continue to grow -much like Atlantic yards, the very poor will be used by the very rich to break the back of and steal from, the middle class, the productive class, the civic class.
Posted by amy at September 14, 2008 2:30 PM