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December 5, 2008
Atlantic Yards delayed again, and opponents doubt it will ever get built
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by Pete Catapano
This month, ground was supposed to be broken on the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, the biggest development in the borough’s history.
But no symbolic shovels have been dug into the ground — and, opponents say, there may never be.
Although neighborhood residents have seen buildings demolished, coped with a closed bridge, and heard the rumblings of underground construction, the project has hit a wall.
Lawsuits and the economy have thwarted the Atlantic Yards mega-development in Prospect Heights, said Daniel Goldstein, spokesman for opposition group Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn.
“They are not constructing anything,” Goldstein said. “They don’t have the land or the money to build anything.”
Posted by eric at December 5, 2008 9:28 AM