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March 11, 2010
Groundbreakingtaking: Round Two
Hats off to MissWit, aka Deb Goldstein, from whom we stole took via eminent domain the Groundtaking wordplay today.
MissWiticisms, GroundTAKING DAY: A Sad Surreal Day in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Pride for celebrating the thievery and grazing of a neighborhood? Wha? Shame on Bloomberg (the richest man in NYC!). Quadruple Shame on Marty Markowitz (we expect this crap from Bloomberg, but Markowitz was once a housing advocate, who has thrown his borough under the bus). Paterson (well, he is just a deer in headlights).
WNYC Radio, Atlantic Yards Project Pushes Ahead With Groundbreaking Ceremony
Matthew Schuerman reports on Bruce Ratner's big event.
The ground breaking is largely ceremonial. The site work has been going on intermittently since 2007 and the foundation won't be poured until later this year. By that point, developer Bruce Ratner assumes he'll have possession of all the properties he needs. As of two weeks ago, 22 households were still living in the footprint for the project's first phase.
Ratner originally hoped to break ground about five years ago, but he hit legal, financial and logistical roadblocks. He ended up selling large stakes in the Nets basketball team and the arena itself to the Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov.
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill], The Day: Atlantic Yards Groundbreaking
Today is the day that Forest City Ratner breaks ground, cuts ribbons and moves Atlantic Yards into the project’s construction phase.
...The protester camp will be “burying the soul of Brooklyn” at Freddy’s this afternoon. As journalists, we’re neutral on the Atlantic Yards development issue, but we’ll admit to some pro-Brooklyn bias and observe that this borough has plenty of soul to go around.
NoLandGrab: "Pro-Brooklyn bias?" Huh? No one is more pro-Brooklyn than the people fighting to stop Bruce Ratner from paving over Prospect Heights.
Brownstoner, Today's The Big Day at Atlantic Yards
At this point, all we can really do is hope that the whole project ends up being not nearly as ugly, congestive and delayed as many people fear.
1010WINS, Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Brooklyn Arena
A Short Story, Atlantic Yards Breaks Ground
Nut up or Shut up Development Week continues this morning with the long-anticipated (alternatively, what's an antonym for anticipated?) Atlantic Yards groundbreaking and a Broadway Triangle court hearing this afternoon, followed by a New Domino Public Hearing. Any way we can squeeze some Coney Island news in to get a double date going?
MyFoxNY, Groundbreaking For New Nets Arena
Several heavy-hitters including rap star 'Jay-Z' will be on hand Thursday afternoon for a ceremonial groundbreaking of the new home of the NJ Nets.
...Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter is part owner of the Nets.
Construction of the sports and entertainment arena is loaded with controversy.
Jay-Z World, Groundbreaking For New Nets Arena
NLG: Keepin' it real.
Posted by eric at March 11, 2010 3:44 PM