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March 6, 2009
Robert Guskind, in remembrance
Atlantic Yards Report
Along with many others, I'm deeply saddened by the untimely death of fellow blogger--like me, he preferred a term like "online journalist"--Robert Guskind. Founder of the Gowanus Lounge, former editor at Curbed, and mentor to many Brooklyn bloggers, Bob was a thoughtful, talented, generous, and very complicated man. He was about 50 years old.
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Bob covered areas of Brooklyn from Coney Island to Greenpoint, finding both a street-level and neighborhood niche while maintaining a punishing schedule. But because this is AYR, I will point readers back to one Atlantic Yards-related episode.In October 2007, we appeared together on the Brian Lehrer Live show. Our segment began about 21:20 in. Bob, a bearish man, was thoughtfully skeptical and gently compelling.
"Density is good," Guskind told the host, "but the issue with Atlantic Yards, in my opinion, is one of excessive density.... Frankly, I'm skeptical of the environmental review process that was done."
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Guskind offered the money quote, suggesting that the lawsuits were the only hope, given that the political and approval process was "rigged to produce this outcome. In a few decades of covering urban affairs and covering public policy all over the country, I've rarely seen a process this anti-democratic."
Posted by lumi at March 6, 2009 5:03 AM