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June 17, 2011
What happened to the Brooklyn Paper on Atlantic Yards? Three meetings this week result in no coverage (so far)
Atlantic Yards Report
There were three important Atlantic Yards-related public events in the past week, with my coverage linked:
--a meeting June 11 on governance reform sponsored by BrooklynSpeaks, local elected officials, and others
--a forum June 14 on traffic changes sponsored by Forest City Ratner and the Empire State Development Corporation
--a session June 15 on reviving the alternative UNITY development plan, sponsored by Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, local elected officials, and others.The events drew healthy crowds, more than 100 people for the latter two.
The hyperlocal web site Patch (owned by AOL, operating in several Brooklyn neighborhoods) covered all three events (governance, traffic, UNITY), while reporters for the Brooklyn Downtown Star, the New York Times's The Local, and others also attended some events.
Where was the Brooklyn Paper?
Maybe this explains it:
Why is Atlantic Yards no longer an important story for the Brooklyn Paper?
It's impossible to say for sure, but perhaps the newspaper's marketing alliance with the Nets (click on graphic below, from the paper's daily update last month, to enlarge) has an impact.
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Posted by eric at June 17, 2011 10:01 AM