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October 5, 2008
"You be the editor"? Courier-Life allows comments, at least
Atlantic Yards Report takes part in "citizen journalism" with the Courier-Life. Since their new articles do not appear on the web for a week, AYR had to use his own "citizen journalism" tools...
The Courier-Life's follow-up article on the disappearance of AY footprint trees, an issue raised more than two weeks ago on AYR, does advance the story by adding a quote from Forest City Ratner executive Bruce Bender, who gets the final word."While some trees will have to be removed as work at the site progresses, their number will be replaced many, many times over with new trees and over eight acres of new landscaped open space," Bender said.
Unmentioned: all the landscaped open space would appear in Phase 2 of the project. There's no timetable for Phase 2. There's no starting date for Phase 2, nor are there penalties for failing to complete it by a certain time, according to the State Funding Agreement. It's hardly reassuring to promise "new landscape open space" without a target date.
Posted by amy at October 5, 2008 10:03 AM