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March 24, 2010
Get used to it because it's being built
Kensington Stories
You know I’ve kept quite silent on this whole Atlantic Yards project, because I know my wife and sister in law are “morally” against the whole idea. So at Sunday dinners in Fort Greene, or the dinner table right here in Kensington, I have basically kept my big Brooklyn mouth shut and just listened. And the reason is I actually want to see a professional arena built in Brooklyn. I mean Keyspan Park is great, and so is that Aviator complex down on Flatbush Avenue. But compare to anything else around those places are basically “little toys” in the real world of pro sports.
Now, don’t get me wrong folks, if someone told me that my house was going to be squashed to build something I don’t think I’d be that happy about it. And maybe I’d even walk around with a Bruce Ratner mask with little devil horns.
But the truth is that whole area down by Union Street is a big old rat hole.
NoLandGrab: Union Street? For a guy who blogs about "growing up in Kensington and Windsor Terrace," he doesn't have much of a grasp on Brooklyn geography.
Posted by eric at March 24, 2010 12:25 PM