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August 18, 2009
It came from the Blogosphere...
Nets Daily, How Real is the Russian’s Interest?
Bruce Ratner may have traveled all the way to Moscow for ничего.
Sports Illustrated, ESPN, the New York Times and the Star-Ledger have all reported that Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia’s richest man, is interested in buying or investing in the Nets. But Prokhorov’s public relations rep, Juliana Slaschova, tells London’s Guardian newspaper that he isn’t interested in buying the team, the story’s “unfounded and untrue”.
Uncle Mike's Musings, Top 10 Dumbest Team Moves in Sports History
Since "Uncle Mike" has got it that Bruce Ratner is a "lying megalomaniac," why would he believe the myths that (1) Atlantic Yards is in "Downtown Brooklyn" and (2) on the same site that Walter O'Malley wanted to build a new ballpark for the Dodgers?
10. 1958 Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. How can the most successful move in the history of sports be one of the ten dumbest? Let’s see, a “visionary” like Walter O’Malley should have been visionary enough to outwit Robert Moses and get the stadium he wanted in Downtown Brooklyn, at the Atlantic Yards site now favored by a current lying megalomaniac, Bruce Ratner, for the Nets.
NoLandGrab: Ratner's retail eyesore, the Atlantic Center Mall, was built on the site that O'Malley coveted in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
The Cross Pollinator, Bloomberg Destroys New York City…
The Cross Pollinator links to Daniel Goldstein's Fed Up New Yorkers piece.
Brooklyn Food Conference, BK Farmyards and the Benefits of Urban Agriculture
Hey, Bruce, if you're not going to do anything with that land...
With all of these benefits in mind, and with a strong desire to bring people together through food, Stacey Murphy started BK Farmyards – a decentralized urban farming network.
...Stacey has her sights set on vacant lots, such as parts of the Atlantic Yards, and is being approached to farm diverse locales in Brooklyn, including Gowanus (a challenge!) and Howard Beach.
Posted by eric at August 18, 2009 6:56 AM