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May 22, 2010
The Mikhail Prokhorov Media Experience, In Brooklyn
The Huffington Post
By Vinnie Rotondaro
In an apparent effort to get some more mileage from his interview with Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, Rotondaro recounts what it was like to do the interview. Part of this article provides background that tries to reduce the Atlantic Yards controversy to a conflict between "royally pissed" opponents of the project and supporters "giddy at the prospect of employment."
What I knew for sure was that in Brooklyn he had helped stir serious controversy. I saw it for myself covering the groundbreaking of the Atlantic Yards Project a few months earlier for the Ink. Locals gathering outside Freddy's Bar, which was forced to move as a result of project, were royally pissed. They wore oversized poster masks of the "main culprits" of Atlantic Yards. Prokhorov was one of them. Conversely, some folks from Crown Heights had Brownsville seemed practically giddy at the prospect of employment. The two factions engaged in some light verbal sparring. "Who's true Brooklyn?" Et cetera, et cetera.
NoLandGrab: We're keeping an eye out for yet another piece from Rotondaro about what it feels like to read about what bloggers say about his interviewing skills.
Posted by steve at May 22, 2010 9:08 AM