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Not Just Nets

Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006

Sham choice, process

Editorial: If you judge only by the state’s seven-hour public hearing on Wednesday night, there are just two sides in the battle over Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development: thugs and nerds. Comment.

City: Ditch fix is on the way

Development: The fix is in for the ditch. Comments (1).

Fightin’ Eleventh candidates weigh in on Yards

Atlantic Yards: Two candidates for the 11th congressional district — which includes parts of Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Park Slope and Prospect Heights — support Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yard mega-development, two oppose it. Here’s what they said in a debate last week in the offices of The Brooklyn Papers. Comment.

Towns, Barron speak on Yards

Atlantic Yards: Two candidates for the 10th congressional district stopped by the offices of The Brooklyn Papers this week. Here is what they said about Atlantic Yards. Comment.

Brooklyn, 2016

Atlantic Yards: Here’s what the area around Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development will look like if the 16-tower, arena, residential, office and hotel complex is built, according to new renderings created by a Brooklyn photographer. Comment.

Some don’t get a say

Atlantic Yards: Scores of people hoping to testify about Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project never got their three-minutes of fame, despite signing up before Wednesday’s hearing even got under way at 4:30 pm. Comment.

Hepcat gets the old farm blues

Smartmom: What did Smartmom and family do on their summer vacation? She and the kids swam in a brand new swimming pool and Hepcat had to confront his past and accept change. That’s a tall order for anyone, but especially for Hepcat, who’s a stickler for times gone by. Comment.

Ratner’s bussed-in lovefest

Atlantic Yards: Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner bussed in basketball-loving kids, senior citizens and even a few of his New Jersey Nets stars for a pep rally minutes before Wednesday’s public hearing on his mega-development. Comment.

Developer on the ropes

Development: A developer who plans to transform the banks of Brooklyn’s Lavender Lake into a designer subdivision called Gowanus Village is facing a state investigation and legal complaints from construction workers and dozens of disgruntled condo owners. Comment.

Clock block

Development: Brooklynites better start investing in their own timepieces, because that new scaffolding atop the Williamsburgh Savings Bank’s famous clock (above) won’t be going away anytime soon. Comment.

Shillary!

Bridge ‘Park’: Who got to Hillary? Comment.

Atlantic Yards hearing pits pro vs. con in historic battle for Brooklyn

Atlantic Yards: Supporters and opponents of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development clashed loudly and repeatedly during Wednesday’s state hearing on the project — and in doing so put forward two distinct visions of Brooklyn’s future. Comment.
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