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Not Just Nets

Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004

RATNER NABS NETS

Atlantic Yards: Goodbye New Jersey. Hello, Brooklyn. Comment.

The real story is the land grab, not the Nets

Weintrob: That the Nets are coming is beside the point. And that is the real story, a story masterfully buried by developer Bruce Ratner and his media shills. (When the New York Times is your real estate partner, it’s amazing the story its pages will tell — more than three pages featuring nine upbeat, luciously illustrated stories in Thursday’s edition.) Comment.

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