By Jess Wisloski
Atlantic Yards: The future
of New York City’s economy depends on Brooklyn, Deputy Mayor Daniel
Doctoroff said this week.
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By Jess
Wisloski
Call it the
luxury condominium project that New York judges just love to hold.
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By Jess Wisloski
Despite mounting
pressure from community groups, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
said this week it would not make public the details of two bids submitted
by developers seeking to build over the Atlantic Avenue rail storage yards
until the authority’s board had completed its review of them.
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By Jess Wisloski
Borough President Marty Markowitz has been lobbying United Nations officials
to relocate to Downtown Brooklyn during the planned reconstruction of
the international body’s general headquarters in Manhattan —
and the effort may be paying off.
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By Jess Wisloski
Proving that a picture is truly worth a thousand words, a community activist
and longtime supporter of the plan to build a Brooklyn Bridge Park set
off a flurry of anxious e-mails this week when he distributed a computer-generated
image of what he believes a planned 30-story condominium tower at the
park’s southern end would look like.
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