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September 24, 2012
Markowitz has his (wrong) mantra: Atlantic Yards area "not a bedroom community" (and project will be a "masterpiece of urban planning")
Atlantic Yards Report
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz sure has chutzpah. His latest mantra, repreated in at least three interviews, is that those living near the Barclays Center arena, or displaced, should not be complaining. In the 9/21/12 Crain's New York Business, he declared:
"Time will soothe ruffled feathers," he said. "I do not believe this is a bedroom community."
In the comments, Dean Street resident Tracy Collins replied, with links:
Literally right across Dean Street and 6th Avenue from the arena are many actual bedrooms.
What Markowitz ignores is that the state overrode city zoning barring sports facilities from within 200 feet of residential districts.
Click through for more analysis of Markowitz's rantings to New York Magazine and WABC's Diana Williams.
Posted by eric at September 24, 2012 2:52 PM