Top 50: Who'd We Leave Out?
Given that this was our first effort at putting together a list like this, we were bound to screw some things up, either by commission or omission. So help up pull together those deserving of inclusion that slipped our overly-crowded mind. One commenter already pointed out the following omissions: Dan Rice of the Jehovah’s Witnesses,…
Given that this was our first effort at putting together a list like this, we were bound to screw some things up, either by commission or omission. So help up pull together those deserving of inclusion that slipped our overly-crowded mind. One commenter already pointed out the following omissions: Dan Rice of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, John Sexton of NYU, Councilmembers de Blasio and Yassky and the commercial power trio of Tim King, Chris Havens and Brian Leary. We’ll do a wrap up on Monday.
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…or categorically: developers, government officials, the creative class, etc.
No visual artists? Where would Williamsburg be if the artists hadn’t originally set up studio space. Definitely Arnold Lehman; whether you agree or not with his policies he saved the Brooklyn Museum from oblivion. Harvey Lichtenstein. Jack Walsh – Celebrate Brooklyn.
You should use Selectricity, Brownstoner.
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Well, there are probably a good 15-20 people like the ones above who should have been included. We’ll be all set for next year now though! The hardest part is the order. It’s kind of a silly exercise to actually rank these folks. Maybe next year just pick 100 and make it alphabetical!
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Whoops! Never mind then (re: O’conell). By the way, in general i really enjoyed this segment and thought it was about as good a list as anyone could have come up with.
Well, Sarah did include us in the broader “Media” slot at #9…against our admittedly weak protestations 😉