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February 29, 2008
Friday Links
Flatbush Avenue. Photo by broddi.
Groups Urge a Moratorium on City Use of Artificial Turf [NY Times]
More on AIA's Withdrawal of Zoning Tweaks [Queens Ledger]
City To Revise Report Cards on the Schools [NY Sun]
Action at Old Blockbuster Space on Court [PMFA]
You Can't Photograph That, Continued [GL]
Underground Railroad Home in Peril [NY Post]
Straphangers Brace for Fare Hike [AM New York]
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"A Brooklyn woman who persuaded the city not to take away her home for redevelopment by citing its (bullshit/imagined)link to the historic "Underground Railroad" may now lose the property to foreclosure.
Joy Chatel owes more than $300,000 in mortgage payments to Bayview Loan Servicing for 227 Duffield St.
NIMBY KARMA! NIMBY KARMA! NIMBY KARMA!NIMBY KARMA!- PAYBACKS A BITCH!
Posted by: guest at February 29, 2008 8:34 AM
Wait a second...
I thought that Joy Chatel's fundraisers were intended to raise money for the museum, not to correct her financial mismanagement.
Hmmm, pretty slick IMO.
Posted by: guest at February 29, 2008 9:42 AM
Look...she may not be able to afford the mortgage payments to some, possibly disreputable, "loan servicing" company but that does NOT mean the house will be torn down. If eminent domain cannot be used to “take” the house, and if Landmarks designates it to be kept in place, good luck to someone else trying to demolish it.
What I've seen in other cities: a developer will buy it, "mysteriously" rip it down or cause a fire and need an emergency tear-down...and then the city requires the structure to rebuild exactly as was according to records and photographs.
Posted by: guest at February 29, 2008 12:53 PM
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