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August 30, 2012
T-Shirt Designer on the Rough Edges of Brooklyn Development
Metro Focus [Thirteen.org]
by Toby Milstein
Deb Goldstein, 40, of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is the witty designer behind MissWit. Her t-shirt company unwittingly got its start when the shirt she made for some friends, simply stating, “And I want to thank Harvey Weinstein,” was displayed in the window of a Brooklyn store in 2003.
Goldstein also happens to be the sister of Daniel Goldstein, who founded the Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn campaign against the Atlantic Yards project that built the Barclays Center that is the new home to the Brooklyn Nets. Goldstein lost his own home to the development’s eminent domain claims. One of MissWit’s latest creations is “I’m still calling it Atlantic Av – Pacific St,” an obvious takedown of the transit hub’s newly minted name, Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center.
...Q: What are your thoughts about the Brooklyn Nets shirts?
A: That’s one Brooklyn design that I do actually have an opinion on. I understand why people have it. I get this idea that it’s exciting that there’s going to be a team about Brooklyn. I certainly don’t begrudge anybody who is wearing it. I think that most people who are wearing it were not involved, might not live right nearby [the Barclays Center] and don’t really know what it took to get there. I think it’s a terrible design but it doesn’t drive me crazy. Seeing the arena and the mess in that area makes me crazy.
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Posted by eric at August 30, 2012 10:59 AM