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March 7, 2009
Finding Meanings in the New York Times
Here are two odd instances in The New York Times (business partner with developer Bruce Ratner) of how the proposed Atlantic Yards project is mentioned -- and not!
The first is in The Times's Real Estate-section piece about the Fort Greene neighborhood. In trying to describe where Fort Greene is, "Atlantic Yards area" seems to have replaced "Prospect Heights" as one of the nearby neighborhoods. Atlantic Yards is not a place — it is a proposed mixed-use development located in Prospect Heights. The Times's description is something like renaming Washington D.C. the "White House area."
Multiple Identities Can Be a Good Thing
By Jeff Vandam
Snug in its corner between downtown Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Clinton Hill and the Atlantic Yards area, Fort Greene retains more than its share of stunningly intact brownstone blocks. Many include houses rich in embellishments and detail, supported by a pride in ownership that remains steadfast even as brownstones change hands.
The second example is an article in The Times's City section about a playful rivalry between the two Brooklyn bars, Freddy's and O'Connors. The article fails to mention that the much more serious rivalry Freddy's faces is with developer Bruce Ratner, who wants to tear down the bar to build the proposed Atlantic Yards.
Pranksters Amid the Pilsner
By Sarah Stodola
Freddy’s, on Dean Street and Sixth Avenue, is the up-to-date bar. When Freddy’s plucked the bartender Donald O’Finn from O’Connor’s in the mid-1990s, he assumed responsibility for Freddy’s transition from “cop hangout” to second living room for the neighborhood’s growing ranks of artists and artistic types. The back room was turned into an avant-garde performance space, and Mr. O’Finn’s films are shown in the front room.
Posted by steve at March 7, 2009 5:59 AM