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June 8, 2011
Watching Atlantic Yards Watch
Here's a round-up of the latest headlines from Atlantic Yards Watch.
BrooklynSpeaks presents community forum on reform of Atlantic Yards oversight
When rats are a neighborhood problem, a coordinated response is required
Whatever triggered the problem of rodents in the vicinity of Atlantic Yards, the community will have to work together to address the circumstances that sustain it.
Construction adds to the problem of controlling rodents because the homes of existing rodent populations are disturbed and new sources of food are created on an ongoing basis. Recent complaints about the impossibility of doing street cleaning in the vicinity of illegal construction worker parking is one example.
Video interviews put a face on the existing neighborhood around Atlantic Yards
The subject of the first of a series of one minute interviews with people who live and work in the vicinity of the Atlantic Yards Project is Abdul, one of the owners of Dubai Mini Mart at 486 Dean Street at 6th Avenue. The store sits diagonally across from the southeast corner of the Barclays Center.
The video interviews are an initiative called "One Minute Voices" by photographer Tracy Collins and the the Dean Street Block Association, 6th Avenue to Vanderbilt.
Posted by eric at June 8, 2011 7:13 AM