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September 4, 2012
That's the Story: While Barclays Opens The Job Promises Go Broken
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
As the local, national, and international media starts ramping up Forest City Ratner's and the Nets' hoopla machine it behooves the same media to start reading the only journalist actually covering Atlantic Yards on a daily basis since 2005 — Norman Oder. This isn't in order to play any game of we-toldya-so, but rather so these journalist don't come across as foolishly getting lost in the smokescreen of the glitz and hoopla. We mean, how boring will it be to just read over and over "rah rah rah, isn't Barclays great." That doesn't make for interesting reading or historical accuracy. Because, while sure, big events and pro sports are exciting, the true story of the Barclays opening is what isn't happening.
Posted by eric at September 4, 2012 9:09 PM