Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Development

New York Magazine on the “Atlantic Yards” Project

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 7, 2006 | 1 Comment

For a few years now, the city’s media elite has studiously avoided serious, honest coverage of Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project. That is why it is so refreshing to see that this week’s New York magazine is running the single best story on the mega-development project that I have yet seen in any mainstream […]

Community Board Forums on “Atlantic Yards”

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 3, 2006 | No Comments

Thursday, August 3, 6 – 8 pmThree separate locations. See below. Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 6 & 8 to hold Public Forums on "Atlantic Yards." In the absence of an official role in reviewing the "Atlantic Yards" project, thanks to the state’s takeover, our local Community Boards have announced that they will hold simultaneous public […]

“Atlantic Yards” Public Input Workshop

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 25, 2006 | No Comments

Tuesday, July 25, 7 pmDuryea Presbyterian Church362 Sterling Place. Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods DEIS Handbook Workshop The COUNCIL OF BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS ("CBN") today (July 12, 2006) announced additional times and locations for the series of meetings they are holding to prepare the community to respond to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Brooklyn […]

Lost in Transition: Williamsburg & Carroll Gardens

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 24, 2006 | No Comments

Monday, July 246:00 – 8:00 pmOPENING RECEPTION: LOST IN TRANSITION: WILLIAMSBURG AND CARROLL GARDENS Reservations are encouraged. RSVP to rsvp@mas.org or 212-935-2075. An extension of the Urban Memory Project, this exhibition showcases images and text by students at Williamsburg Preparatory High School and the Brooklyn School for Global Studies, as well as resident photographer Jackie […]

“Atlantic Yards” Public Input Workshop

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 20, 2006 | No Comments

Thursday, July 20, 7 pmSt. Francis College, Callahan Center182 Remsen Street. Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods DEIS Handbook Workshop The COUNCIL OF BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS ("CBN") today (July 12, 2006) announced additional times and locations for the series of meetings they are holding to prepare the community to respond to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the […]

Headlines You Don’t Want to See Above a Photo of Your Block

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 19, 2006 | 3 Comments

"Study Finds the Potential Choke Points of Atlantic Yards" The "potential choke point" depicted above, the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Union Street at the bottom of Park Slope, is half a block down the street from Streetsblog headquarters. I suppose this confirms that the Empire State Development Corporation is not yet considering my idea […]

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