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October 24, 2008
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, 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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I would include Mary Kay Gallagher for her promotion (even if it is in her own self-interst) of Victorian Brooklyn.
Posted by: BH76 at October 24, 2008 2:22 PM
great one, BH76.
Posted by: brownstoner at October 24, 2008 2:30 PM
Greg O'connell
Alan Fishman
Jonathan Lethem & all the brooklyn-centric writers
Karen Auster
Posted by: Make My Heights the P Heights at October 24, 2008 2:36 PM
O'Connell was #26:
http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/10/brooklyns_top_5_4.php
We thought Fishman was going to be moving to Seattle when we were working on the list!
Posted by: brownstoner at October 24, 2008 2:41 PM
Yourself, brownstoner, but better for you to have omitted yourself and let us point out the omission.
Posted by: lechacal at October 24, 2008 2:47 PM
Well, Sarah did include us in the broader "Media" slot at #9...against our admittedly weak protestations ;)
Posted by: brownstoner at October 24, 2008 2:49 PM
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.
Posted by: Make My Heights the P Heights at October 24, 2008 2:50 PM
Arnold Lehman
Posted by: Ringo at October 24, 2008 2:52 PM
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!
Posted by: brownstoner at October 24, 2008 2:53 PM
You should use Selectricity, Brownstoner.
http://selectricity.org/
Posted by: amanda at October 24, 2008 3:06 PM
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.
Posted by: bookistan at October 24, 2008 3:07 PM
...or categorically: developers, government officials, the creative class, etc.
Posted by: g man at October 24, 2008 3:08 PM
the What
Posted by: Petebklyn at October 24, 2008 4:25 PM
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