From Develop Don”t Destroy News release Documents Show More Than Half of the Financing for Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards Project Is Government BackedProject Seeks At Least $1.4 Billion in Tax-Exempt Housing Bonds Gobbling Up Available Housing Funds From All Over New York City BROOKLYN, NY— Atlantic Yards has always been sold as basically a […]
Clem Labine, Everett Ortner, Burnley Duke Dame, Kathy Evers, and Deirdre Lawrence invite you to: The “It’s Not A Done Deal” Benefit Victorian House & Book PartySpend a delightful afternoon with your neighbors and help preserve Brooklyn’s character. A Fund-Raiser for Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklynand the legal expenses to block the Atlantic Yards mega-project Sunday, […]
Detailed report on the contining Atlantic Yards lawsuit by Norman Oder. For full article (including graphs and maps) see http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2007/05/esdc-grilled-over-blight-civic-project.html If the first oral argument in the Atlantic Yards eminent domain lawsuit turned into a primer about the meaning of “public purpose,” then the first and likely only oral argument in the AY environmental review […]
From Crain’s NY Business Atlantic Yards work temporarily suspendedBy: Catherine TymkiwPublished: April 27, 2007 – 11:57 am The Empire State Development Corp. and developer Forest City Ratner Cos. said Friday that all demolition work for the Atlantic Yards Brooklyn arena project has been halted following a partial building collapse a day earlier. ESDC and Forest […]
It’s Your Community. Come Plan It! UNITY 2007It’s Not a Done Deal An all day workshop to create a community driven development plan for Brooklyn’s Vanderbilt Yards April 28th, 200710am—4pmHanson Place United Methodist Church144 Saint Felix Street at Hanson PlaceBrooklyn, NYTrains 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, R, Q to Atlantic/Pacific Bring Your Own […]
From Develop Don’t Destroy BrooklynCome to a Rally Against Ratner’s “Atlantic Yards” Project—————————————-On Sunday, April 15, several neighborhood and civic groups will stage a “Rally Against Demolitions for Parking.” The rally will begin at 2 p.m., and will take place on Pacific Street, between Carlton and Vanderbilt Avenues, in Prospect Heights — within the footprint […]
From Eric McClure, Campaign Coordinator, Park Slope [email protected] Community Board 6 to Consider DOT One-Way Proposal, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.This Wednesday evening, at 6:30 p.m., the full membership of Brooklyn Community Board 6 will hold their monthly General Meeting, during which they will vote on the proposal presented last month by the Department of Transportation to […]
From the Downtown Brookyln Star Dateline : Thursday, March 29, 2007Ward of the State (Development Corporation)By Nik Kovac and Norman Oder The first Monday morning of spring provided yet another opportunity for Brooklynites to publicly clash over the proposed Atlantic Yards project in Prospect Heights. It started at sunrise, before most commuters had even begun […]
Despite what has been reported in the press, FCR does not have demolition permits yet, but has begun asbestos abatement prior to demolition. There’s still a chance to do something. Please sign the online petition to help save the Ward Bakery that Ratner is planning to start demolishing even as the whole project is being […]
Contact: Daniel Goldstein. 917-701-3056, [email protected] Bruce Ratner Prepares to Destroy Historic Ward Bakery Building For “Atlantic Yards Interim Surface Parking” BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — As announced yesterday, “Atlantic Yards” demolisher Bruce Ratner intends to demolish the Ward Bakery building, an architectural treasure with substantial historical significance. Bruce Ratner plans on “recycling” the demolition remnants, pretending […]
