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December 27, 2009
Off with his head! Freddy’s Bar unveils guillotine to slay ‘Eminent Domain’
The Brooklyn Paper
by Gersh Kuntzman
Brooklyn Paper editor Gersh Kuntzman's video camera captured the highlights today as "eminent domain" met its timely and deserved fate outside Freddy's Bar & Backroom, the venerable Prospect Heights watering hole that doubles as ground zero in the fight to stop Atlantic Yards.
Fans of Freddy’s Bar in Prospect Heights beheaded an effigy of eminent domain on Sunday, using a guillotine fashioned from cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon. The bar is facing condemnation to make room for Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards basketball arena.
Click through for the video.
Posted by eric at December 27, 2009 11:05 PM