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December 30, 2009
Ready for Freddy's
The media can't get enough of Sunday's theatrical beheading of "eminent domain theft" — it's even responsible for the Atlantic Yards fight's first-ever appearance in the beverage trade press.
DRAFT News, Brooklyn bar fights for its right (to stay open)
Our first Brooklyn drinking experience took place at Freddy’s Backroom in Prospect Heights. The quirky neighborhood bar known for having a shark decorating the entryway and its diaorama club is a wonderful place to grab a beer, meet some folks, and hear tales about the old days.
It’s also an endangered locale. The Atlantic Yards project threatens to use eminent domain to close down the venue in the name of progress. In protest, patrons of Freddy’s built a nine-foot tall guillotine from Pabst Blue Ribbon cans and symbolically executed the plan.
Brownstoner, Closing Bell: Freddy's Bar - Heads Roll in Survival Fight
Complete with costumed Executioner and Death, the event culminated with the decapitation of “Poor eminent domain, born of a noble purpose of building hospitals and roads... being used to take Americans from their homes, not just for a British bank but also for Russia”. The event apparently drew more media than some of the more important legal and governmental meetings for AY.
Posted by eric at December 30, 2009 8:45 AM