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"HoldOut" - A short documentary about Atlantic Yards holdouts

threecee wrote 2 days ago: HOLDOUT The latest in Atlantic Yards coverage is a beautifully crafted new short documentary by Zach … more →

Tags: develop dont destroy brooklyn, eminent domain, ESDC, film, Neighborhood, New York City, Prospect Heights, Ratner, Bruce Ratner

Is Ratner's goose cooked?1 comment

threecee wrote 5 days ago: HOT BIRD Miraculously, New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, has accepted an … more →

Tags: Brooklyn, develop dont destroy brooklyn, eminent domain, ESDC, Law, New York, New York City, Prospect Heights, Ratner

Prospect Height Historic District v. Atlantic Yards

threecee wrote 6 days ago: Prospect Heights Historic District The designation of the 850-building Prospect Heights Historic Dis … more →

Tags: Architecture, ESDC, Government, Neighborhood, New York, New York City, Prospect Heights, Bruce Ratner, Forest City Ratner

MTA Approves Renegotiated Deal for Ratner at AY

LT wrote 1 week ago: As expected, the MTA Board voted 10-2 yesterday to allow Atlantic Yards developer Forest City Ratner … more →

word of the day and yesterday: #$@!*&%^#!!1 comment

threecee wrote 1 week ago: CLUSTERF*CK ALERT Again, as expected, the board of yet another of our New York State agencies, the M … more →

Tags: criminals, crooks, develop dont destroy brooklyn, eminent domain, ESDC, Government, Idiots, Money, MTA

Atlantic Yards won't be derailed

consulting4architects wrote 1 week ago: Despite foes, watered-down project likely to proceed. Forest City Ratner’s long-delayed, dram … more →

Tags: Architecture, Buildings, Crain's New York Business, Empire State Development Corp., Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA, Ratner

Atlantic Yards: Poster Child for NY State corruption

thecrosspollinator wrote 1 week ago: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/developer-seeks-to-defer-payments-on-atlantic-yards-sit … more →

Tags: 3. Politics, NYC, corruption, Bloomberg

The Taking of Prospect Heights (is as easy as) One Two Three

threecee wrote 2 weeks ago: We've been robbed! I just saw the remake of the 1974 classic, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three … more →

Tags: criminals, crooks, eminent domain, ESDC, film, Money, MTA, New York, New York City

Senator Perkins Demands Answers From MTA on Atlantic Yards

LT wrote 2 weeks ago: Via our friends at Develop, Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, the following is a letter from Senator Bil … more →

Asking the Big Questions at Atlantic Yards

phydeux wrote 3 weeks ago: Bloggers reacted to the final Frank Gehry boot from Atlantic Yards with the expected (and justified) … more →

Tags: Bullshit, development, frank gehry, Brooklyn

DDDB Atlantic Yards Community Meeting

threecee wrote 3 weeks ago: Council Member Leticia James at DDDB Atlantic Yards Community Meeting See more photos of the meeting … more →

Tags: develop dont destroy brooklyn, eminent domain, ESDC, fort greene, New York, New York City, Photography, Ratner, Bruce Ratner

Wow, that Nets Arena is gorgeous

thecrosspollinator wrote 3 weeks ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/arts/design/09arena.html?hpw Excerpt: Building this monstrosity a … more →

Tags: 3. Politics, NYC, Bloomberg, New York City

Brooklyn's devolving cultural landscapes

devolutionarian wrote 3 weeks ago: Development/preservation divisiveness is well exhibited in Brooklyn by the controversial, long antic … more →

Tags: spaces, Landmarks, development, Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Dock Street, Dumbo

shattered crystal1 comment

pensum wrote 3 weeks ago: [NYTimes] The recent news that the developer Forest City Ratner had scrapped Frank Gehry’s design f … more →

Tags: Architecture, frank gehry, Brooklyn

Reminder: Atlantic Yards community meeting: June 9, 7pm

threecee wrote 3 weeks ago: From the Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn (www.dddb.net) website: Atlantic Yards is not dead, w … more →

Tags: New York City, eminent domain, Neighborhood, New York, Prospect Heights, Ratner, ESDC, Prospect Heights Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner

Gehry's out, Becket's in, as Atlantic Yards arena architect

threecee wrote 1 month ago:   Becket Thy Name Is Eminent Domain It’s official. Forest City Ratner finally admits what many … more →

Tags: Architecture, Basketball, eminent domain, New York, New York City, Prospect Heights

Community Meeting on Atlantic Yards: June 9

LT wrote 1 month ago: Following up on last week’s Atlantic Yards hearing, project opponents Develop, Don’t De … more →

Tags: Events, Public meetings

Task Force Submits Testimony on Atlantic Yards

LT wrote 1 month ago: On Friday, the State Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions (chaired by Sen. … more →

Tags: task force, Testimony

Atlantic Yards hearing: "It's Déjà vu, all over again"

threecee wrote 1 month ago: State Senator Bill Perkins, Committee Chair Unfortunately, yesterday’s New York State Senate H … more →

Tags: New York City, eminent domain, Government, MTA, New York, Politics, Ratner, ESDC, Prospect Heights Brooklyn


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