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Friday, August 06, 2004

Now That IS Something We'd Like to See

2012 Could Spell Backflips in Brooklyn. City Unveils Revised Bid for Olympic
NY Sun, David Andreatta
Organizers recommended relocating gymnastic competitions to the proposed arena for the Nets in Brooklyn from Madison Square Garden and the 369th Regiment Armory in the Bronx. “When I heard the news I almost did a back-flip with a double twist myself,” said Brooklyn’s borough president, Marty Markowitz.

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Greetings and welcome to the community blog of the coalition led by Develop–Don't Destroy Brooklyn. DEVELOP DON’T DESTROY BROOKLYN is a broad-based community coalition fighting for development that will unite our communities instead of dividing and destroying them.

Bruce Ratner's project for Prospect Heights, Brooklyn envisages a footprint 1.3 times that of the World Trade Center site and includes a 19,000-seat arena, 17 tower buildings ranging from 210 to 610 ft., 2.1 million sq. ft. of office space (equal to that in the Empire State Building), and 4.5 million sq. ft. of housing, doubling the size of Prospect Heights. Development and job creation are to be encouraged, to be sure, but not on these terms. Here is a short list of what is wrong with the proposal. (pdf)

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