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November 19, 2008
It’s tree-son!
The Brooklyn Paper
By Sarah Portlock
As if NoLandGrab readers need a reminder that, when it comes to all things Forest City Ratner, things aren't always as they seem:
If you think the 15-foot Christmas tree in the Metrotech Commons looks too good to believe, you’re right.
On Saturday, workers did more than just spread joy throughout Downtown when they raised the evergreen — they performed cosmetic surgery!
The New Jersey-born evergreen arrived on a flatbed truck early on Saturday morning — along with a little buddy to provide replacement boughs for any that fell off in transit. A quick “triage” revealed that work was, indeed, required. So the construction crew brought out some paste and reinforcement wires to turn the crippled conifer into the arboreal equivalent of the $6 Million Man.
“We’re up there, supergluing the other branches back to the main tree,” one worker told The Brooklyn Paper.
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A spokesman for Forest City Ratner, which owns the Metrotech complex, chose not to comment.
NoLandGrab: Well, what do you expect from a developer married to a plastic surgeon?
Posted by lumi at November 19, 2008 5:56 AM