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February 22, 2011
Dr. Bugliarello Remembered as MetroTech Founder
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
by Raanan Geberer
Dr. George Bugliarello, former president of Polytechnic Institute of New York (now NYU-Polytechnic), was remembered yesterday not only as the originator of MetroTech but also as someone who contributed greatly to the redevelopment of Downtown Brooklyn as a whole.
...Bruce Ratner, chairman and CEO of Forest City Companies, said, “Brooklyn would be a very different place today were it not for the inspiring vision of Dr. Bugliarello. During the 1970s, when the borough was in an economic decline, he saw a place where new ideas for the city’s economic progress could flourish. Today, thanks to MetroTech, Brooklyn is a cultural and economic anchor of New York City.”
NoLandGrab: Cultural anchor?
Posted by eric at February 22, 2011 10:44 PM