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 […]
From NY1 News: Some Brooklyn residents used some sweet treats to try to help save the Domino Sugar Plant. Members of the Waterfront Preservation Alliance held a bake sale Saturday night — selling foods they made using Domino Sugar. For full coverage; http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=9&aid=68007
From The New York Times March 27, 2007Chongqing Journal: Homeowner Stares Down Wreckers, at Least for a WhileBy HOWARD W. FRENCH CHONGQING, China, March 23 — For weeks the confrontation drew attention from people all across China, as a simple homeowner stared down the forces of large-scale redevelopment that are sweeping this country, blocking the […]
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 […]
From the Downtown Brooklyn Star‘Liars’ Now Seeking Truth by Nik KovacDateline : Thursday, March 22, 2007 Two and a half years ago, the research firm AKRF was publicly embarrassed in front of the City Council. At that time, they were charged with investigating the “historical significance” of the vast swaths of Downtown Brooklyn the city […]
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 […]
Existing: Proposed: From the Tribeca Trib: MTA Changes Transit Center Designs By Etta SandersPOSTED MARCH 2, 2007 In coming months every building on the east side of Broadway between Fulton and John Streets will come down and only the slender Corbin building on the corner will remain. The block-long demolition will clear the way for […]
A dozen planned demolitions would create “facts on the ground,” isolate plaintiffsBy Norman Oder/Atlantic Yards ReportFebruary 28, 2007 With the filing of papers preliminary to the demolition of 12 properties it owns within the Atlantic Yards footprint, developer Forest City Ratner–even as a pending eminent domain case constrains it from construction work on the planned […]
From the New York Post, WEST SIDE CONDO PROJECT PLANBy STEVE CUOZZO February 13, 2007 — NOW that preservationists have failed in their far-fetched campaign to landmark the former Dakota Stables, we’ve learned exactly what Related plans to build in their place.The west blockfront of Amsterdam Avenue between 76th and 77th streets, home to low-slung […]
From the New York Sun: Goodnight, MoondanceBY GARY SHAPIRO – Staff Reporter of the SunFebruary 13, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/48536 On the western frontier of SoHo, the Moondance Diner is dancing off into the sunset: Along with an adjacent two-story parking garage and a parking lot, it is going to be developed into luxury residential condominiums. The […]
