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May 23, 2012

Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn gives Streisand and Cohen a history lesson on Barclays Center

Sports ITeam Blog [NYDailyNews.com]
by Michael O'Keeffe

Better add The Biebs to the salutation.

Democracy is coming to the U.S.A., according to a song by Leonard Cohen. But Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB) says it's just an empty lyric when it comes to Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project.

DDDB has written an open letter to Cohen and Brooklyn native Barbra Streisand about their plans to perform at the Barclays Center later this year. It's worth sharing with the rest of New York.

Click through for the full text.

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Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Posted by eric at May 23, 2012 10:35 AM