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June 27, 2012
New Barclays Center Subway Stop Inspires Protest T-Shirt
DNAinfo.com
by Leslie Albrecht
A local T-shirt designer upset that one of Brooklyn's oldest and busiest subway stops has been renamed for the new Barclays Center wants to keep the station's former name alive — in 100 percent cotton.
Deb Goldstein, owner of T-shirt design company Miss Wit Designs, has created a shirt emblazoned with the declaration, "I'm still calling it Atlantic Av-Pacific St" — a reference to the former Atlantic-Pacific subway hub in Downtown Brooklyn, which was quietly rechristened Atlantic Av-Barclays Center in May.
...Goldstein, a 15-year Brooklyn resident who now lives in Sunset Park, is selling the $14 T-shirts online and is looking for a local store to carry them.
She said the garment is a subtle, wearable protest against the controversial arena, slated to debut in September with a concert by Jay-Z, a co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets.
Goldstein, the sister of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn co-founder Daniel Goldstein, has long been involved in fighting the arena and the surrounding Atlantic Yards development. She's put her sloganeering shirts to work for the cause in the past, getting garments made for Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn.
Posted by eric at June 27, 2012 12:52 PM