Atlantic Yards: A British bank that is under fire from black leaders for profiting from the slave trade centuries ago is fighting back, issuing a long-awaited statement that claims the allegation “is simply not true.” Comment.

From the editor: Our Barclays coverage

Editorial: Barclays has requested a retraction from this newspaper (and others) for stories about the bank’s link to slavery and other dark moments in human history. Comment.

Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007

Dockworkers love Eliot

By Ariella Cohen

Red Hook: Longshoreman in Red Hook believe Gov. Spitzer will save them from a city plan to shut down the cargo port. Comment.

Roadblock! City not ready to yield to Thor

By Gersh Kuntzman

Thor Equities

Coney Island: City planners have thrown up a roadblock to an ambitious plan to turn Coney Island’s rundown amusement area into a Vegas-style theme park complete with a hotel, a new roller-coaster, entertainment venues and hundreds of units of housing. The housing, apparently, is the problem. Comments (2).

‘Hippie’ dream at Brooklyn Bridge ‘Park’

By Ariella Cohen

Bridge ‘Park’: The designers of the so-called Brooklyn Bridge Park have called in the “old German hippies” to design a funky new playground. Comment.

One hand ignoring the other on Brooklyn waterfront; BQE project would devastate proposed Brooklyn Bridge ‘Park’

By Christie Rizk

Bridge ‘Park’: Long-overdue renovations to a key stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway would destroy a soon-to-be-built park on the waterfront — and the state agency doing the roadwork isn’t talking to the state agency building the adjacent park. Comment.

Heights group to state: Show us the money

By Ariella Cohen

Bridge ‘Park’: Now even supporters of the state’s “Brooklyn Bridge Park” plan are questioning how much luxury housing must be in the development. Comment.

Trump Eyeing Brooklyn?

Development: Donald Trump is so jealous of Bruce Ratner that he now has his eye on Brooklyn. Comment.

All Drawn Out

By Cristian Fleming

Is the tide turning on Paper’s ‘Blood Money’ page one?

Letters: The Paper’s mailbag is once again filled with anger from Atlantic Yards supporters — plus some support. Comment.

Small victory over Ratner

By Dana Rubinstein

Atlantic Yards: An Atlantic Yards opponent who still owns land in the footprint of the skyscraper-and-arena-project has won a small victory against developer Bruce Ratner — though it may not keep him out of jail. Comment.

Why they lie

Editorial: The truth is the first casualty of development in Brooklyn. Otherwise, how would today’s generation of Master Builders pick your pocket? Comment.

More blacks insulted by Bruce

By Ariella Cohen

Atlantic Yards: A prominent Fort Greene minister will lead a protest to condemn Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner’s $400-million deal with Barclays, a bank linked to the slave trade. Comment.

Atlantic Yards cost skyrockets; Opponents scream as Bloomy quietly doubles taxpayer subsidy

By Ariella Cohen

Atlantic Yards: The city has doubled its contribution to Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project — and Mayor Bloomberg admitted this week that there was no limit to how much the city could spend on “infrastructure improvements” in and around the developer’s 16-tower mini-city. Comment.

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