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Atl Yards develpoment (Re: May 11, 1975. . .End of the Culver shuttle) |
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Posted by J trainloco on Sun May 13 19:34:23 2007, in response to Re: May 11, 1975. . .End of the Culver shuttle, posted by RonInBayside on Sun May 13 19:23:26 2007. Atlantic Yards is a very interesting topic, IMO. Many of the buildings slated for demolition are old factories that either were converted to Co-ops/condos or were about to be. (I'm actually old enough to remember when the factories were in use: when Pechters bakery used to fill the air of the whole area with the smell of baked goods, and the Daily News was printed right there, delivery trucks parked in the Atlantic Yard). Additionally, there are lots of houses in the way. Many of the people who have taken over this area are well to do white folks, while a lot of the surrounding neighborhood (to the north and east) remains black. Virtually all of this new middle class is opposed to Ratner's project. All of the poorer class seems to be for it. The people with the most to loose are those who live either on the site, or next to it, and all of them are staunchly opposed.We'll see what happens in the end (My opinion is that Atlantic Yards is the perfect place for a mega dense development like this), but this is a case of Ratner getting his agenda pushed through, despite the cries of the locals. |
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