Dean Street Houses To Get Demo'd for Arena

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Newbie blogger Jonathan Cohn, who appears to be an architect by trade, posted this shot of a row of brick townhouses on Dean Street that he says are going to be razed to make way for the Atlantic Yards arena. You can probably guess how he feels about that.
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i think his larger point is beyond the eminent domain issue, its about who would be doing the razing and what that who (Bruce Ratner) has built in the past.

Posted by: ratnerville at December 5, 2005 11:20 AM

The building on the far right is the popular Freddy's Bar & Backroom: with video art installations over the bar and a great roster of live music in the backroom. It was originally created sometime around the end of the Prohibition era as a private club for the employees of the adjacent Spaulding factory. I believe WNYC reported a few months back that the current owner Frank Yost has already lost his apartment after his landlord sold out to Ratner. He has had to move out of the neighborhood. FCR claims to have a relocation plan for displaced tenants but I don't think they told Frank that in time to make a difference.

Posted by: Roz at December 5, 2005 1:35 PM

Great picture - looks like Edward Hopper's "Early Sunday Morning" -

Posted by: LD at December 5, 2005 3:27 PM

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December 5, 2005

Dean Street Houses To Get Demo'd for Arena

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