Final Hold-Outs Emerge At Atlantic Yards
This ‘blighted’ house at 481 Dean Street has emerged at the last minute as the final barrier to the bulldozers at Atlantic Yards. According to The Post, the Ahmed family is still living there and, despite having already accepted the standard $85,000 relocation fee Ratner was offering renters to move, refusing to budge. “They saw…
This ‘blighted’ house at 481 Dean Street has emerged at the last minute as the final barrier to the bulldozers at Atlantic Yards. According to The Post, the Ahmed family is still living there and, despite having already accepted the standard $85,000 relocation fee Ratner was offering renters to move, refusing to budge. “They saw that man got all that money last week and thought, why should they leave?” said a relative of Aisha Ahmed, whose ex-husband bought the building in 1988. Ahmed’s two children are now claiming that they should each get an additional $85,000 buyout. It turns out that neither Forest City Ratner for ESDC even knew people were still living in the house. The Post also reported that a teenager entering the house late in the day yesterday said that the issue had been resolved.
I’m not pissed he left – I simply disagree with the characterization of the guy as some sort of hero.
Perhaps I need to lighten up. But that’s how I feel.
We love you too, ENY. Just wondering why you’re so pissed at Goldstein for finally leaving? Isn’t that what you wanted?
“Think of it (if you love where you live) – if someone wanted to come in and tear down, not just your building, but all the ones around it (including numerous landmark-worthy structures), and destroy everything that meant “home” to you, in order to replace it with a scam to divert billions in taxpayer dollars that will ultimately end up only as a VERY ugly basketball arena surrounded by a wasteland of parking lots, would $3 million make it better?”
Apparently, $3 million was just right for sell-out Daniel Goldstein. Did he take the money or not?
Your hyperbole can’t make this garbage smell any better.
Actually, I think the destruction of one’s home and entire neighborhood is most likely worth a lot more than $3 million. Think of it (if you love where you live) – if someone wanted to come in and tear down, not just your building, but all the ones around it (including numerous landmark-worthy structures), and destroy everything that meant “home” to you, in order to replace it with a scam to divert billions in taxpayer dollars that will ultimately end up only as a VERY ugly basketball arena surrounded by a wasteland of parking lots, would $3 million make it better? I don’t think it would in my csse – yes, I could and would go elsewhere, but that’s not the same thing, is it?
Of course, if you don’t give a crap about your neighborhood and would love to have someone come in and pay you money to abandon your home, that’s your problem and I feel sorry for you.
And I imagine the Rat is a bit more like Donald Trump when he deliberately smashed the sculptures outside of the old Bonwit Teller building on Fifth Ave to make way for his obscenely gaudy (inside) and rat-infested-to-this-day Trump Tower – a heathen iconoclast, taking out his anger at his inability to appreciate beauty by destroying it. Look what he did to Ward’s Bakery – he didn’t let anyone salvage anything there, even though people expressed an interest in doing so.
#ratnersux
And how much guts does it take to say “Thank you for the $3 million, Mr. Guy I formerly characterized as an evil ursurper?”
You know I respect you and Montrose, bxgrl. That won’t change. But we definitely have two different views about this thing. I’m just saying.
Hmmmm…it does take guts to go up against Ratner, but that’s not what this family is doing. They took the money, said they’d get out, and now they are acting like a bunch of tots saying “WAAAAAAHHHHH, You gave them 2 cupcakes and I only got 1 cupcake. NO FAIR!” That’s hardly ‘standing up to Ratner.’ That’s just good ole greed rearing its ugly head.
I’m with babs. And Montrose. And all you folks who keep yelling “losers” and “sell-outs”- well, it took a lot of guts to go up against ratner and his powerful friends. You can shill for him all you like- just remember that when it comes time to pay the bills. Cause all of us will be paying it.
Ugh. This story just grosses me out.
Anyway, 1842, that’s a good question. I’d be willing to bet that Ratner et al would be happy to let people get in there and salvage some of the details…for a price of course 🙂
Any way to see if people can get in on architectural salvage from these buildings? look at the front doors, the shutters, and who knows what is salvagable inside…