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March 18, 2009
It came from the Blogosphere...
Brownstoner Twofer Tuesday
Development Watch: 80 Dekalb Reaches 25 Stories
While its Atlantic Yards project hangs in the balance, Forest City is really cranking on its 365-unit rental project at 80 Dekalb Avenue. When we wrote about it in early February, it was at the 17-floor mark; now it's up to 25 stories. Just 11 more to go!
Petition: Say No to Stimulus Money for Atlantic Yards
This petition already has over 2,000 signatures.
SixShot.com, Jay-Z & Partners Picture New Jersey Nets In Brooklyn In 2011
This hip-hop site puts a Sean Carter spin on Bloomberg.com's Brett Yormark press release interview.
SportingNews.com, Nets CEO: Team in Brooklyn for 2011-12 season
Yet more electronic ink for this single-sourced (Brett Yormark) story.
Huffington Post, Old Growth Media and the Future of News
Steven Berlin Johnson on how the internet has affected the news.
But of course, that's what the web can do. That's one of the main reasons we created outside.in, because I found myself waking up in the morning and turning to local Brooklyn bloggers like Brownstoner, who were suddenly covering local news with a granularity that the Times had never attempted. Two years later, there are close to a thousand bloggers writing about Brooklyn: there are multiple blogs devoted to the Atlantic Yards real estate development....
Posted by eric at March 18, 2009 11:18 AM