It’s been a rough road for the Asser Levy amphitheatre, Marty Markowitz’s dream project. Ever since the $64 million project was announced, various neighborhood factions have attacked it for being both a misallocation of resources, noisy and disrespectful to the synagogue nearby. Now, the Brooklyn Paper reports, the Parks Department has “put the brakes” on the project, allegedly in a capitulation to the community opposition. We’re hopeful that this results in a drastically different plan for the park, said Geoffrey Croft, president of anti-amphitheatre group NYC Park Advocates.
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