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January 14, 2010
Editor’s coffin comments make some readers sick
The Brooklyn Papers, Letters to the Editor
One reader took issue with Gersh Kuntzman's analogy comparing the huge sarcophagus-like bollards outside of the new entrance to the Atlantic Terminal to coffins.
Such an attitude is astounding, particularly in light of the so-called aborted Christmas Day airplane terror attack.
Kuntzman’s rant is childish whining at best; irresponsible journalism at worst.
The Atlantic Avenue station was a target of a bomb plot in 1997; the perpetrators admitted the attraction was its position as a major transportation hub.
And this was the world before 9-11.
— Alexander Goldstein, Brooklyn Heights
NoLandGrab: Which is why Atlantic Yards watchdogs have long thought that developer Bruce Ratner's assertion that a new arena would not require bollards to be childish and irresponsible and that a Terrorism and Security assessment should be part of the public review process.
And speaking of watchdogs, the main Atlantic Yards security watchdog himself chimes in...
For the last six years, local electeds, community groups and professionals have been raising the issue that Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner claims that no special security measures are required for his basketball arena. This is counter to what both Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly publicly acknowledge.
This is the so-called real world, the one that resulted in the bollards that Kuntzman so rightfully dislikes. Pretending it’s otherwise is what gets us the after-the-fact imposition of the 21st-century medievalism he deplores.
— Alan Rosner
link to the full letters
Posted by lumi at January 14, 2010 6:43 AM