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September 16, 2011
'Battle for Brooklyn' Director Reaches out to Citizens for Oakwood
Documentary director arranges for local theater to screen film about a neighborhood's efforts to stop development and hosts discussion about the former Oakwood Country Club
Cleveland Heights Patch
by Michelle Simakis
The director of the documentary Battle for Brooklyn, which chronicles a neighborhood's fight to try and stop the Atlantic Yards project in the Prospect Heights area of the borough, has reached out to a local organization that is trying to stop development here.
Michael Galinsky, director of the film, contacted Citizens for Oakwood, and said he supported the group's efforts to stop developer First Interstate Properties from constructing commercial and residential buildings on the former Oakwood Country Club, which straddles Cleveland Heights and South Euclid.
...His connection to Cleveland goes beyond his support of similar grassroots groups around the country. Forest City Ratner, the company that is building an arena for the New Jersey Nets and 16 office and residential properties in the Brooklyn neighborhood, was founded in Cleveland.
Posted by eric at September 16, 2011 11:52 AM