Ward's Bakery: The Calm Before the Storm
There were more protesters and members of the media than construction workers on site this morning at Ward’s Bakery. The Hagan sisters were there with their signs and Norman Oder with his camera. Meanwhile, the only instrument of destruction onsite was this Keyspan backhoe. Bulldozers for Ward’s Bakery [Brownstoner]
There were more protesters and members of the media than construction workers on site this morning at Ward’s Bakery. The Hagan sisters were there with their signs and Norman Oder with his camera. Meanwhile, the only instrument of destruction onsite was this Keyspan backhoe.
Bulldozers for Ward’s Bakery [Brownstoner]
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LET’S GO KNICKS!
when the trains get crowded, they’ll add more to the line.
just as they are doing in 2008 with the l train.
calm down people. there’s 15 years before these 15,000 people move in. there is time to plan for the increased density.
i hate to break it to everyone, but nyc is projected to get a million more people in the next 30 years.
if you don’t like being around lots of people, i can suggest some lovely places where you might consider relocating to.
LET’S PLAY BALL!!!!!
who cares about the protesters. that’s not the point you idiots! the point is that Ratner is stealing your money through corrupt political favors and cronyism, that he’s stealing peoples homes through eminent domain, and that what he wants to build does not fit the site. facts are facts people. don’t try to make light of what is happening by changing the focus and evading the real questions here.
Nobody wants their train line to be crowded. I personally take the 4, 5 and can’t imagine having even more people on it in the morning. It’s already running so close to capacity that even the slightest disruption (someone getting their foot stuck in the door) causes delays up and down the line. I honestly don’t see how a major residential center right on top of Atlantic Center is going to help that. I don’t see how Pathmark could get more crowded, or Target, or Flatbush Ave.
If AY goes ahead as planned, we’re going to need some kind of congestion tax for the whole area stretching from AY to the Manhattan Bridge to make it feasible at all. Or how about a congestion charge for midtown Manhattan, the financial district, downtown Brooklyn, AY, and then tolls for all the bridges. Maybe then an ambulance could actually drive down the street and get to people who need it during rush hour.
Ratner’s building a residential development that’s bigger than Battery Park City, with more commercial space, on top of a stadium the size of Madison Square Garden, all in a much smaller footprint and in a location that’s already clogged with traffic. Paid for in large part with our tax dollars.
And there’s people out there that wonder why we’re pissed.
An analogy of tearing down tenaments to put up Lincoln Center is hardly appropriate. AY is several thousand times larger.
Personally I’m not against developing the area. But the development should have been done on an appropriate scale. In the battle between appropriate scale and Ratner’s profits, our politicians gave Ratner exactly what he wanted, and Brooklyn got screwed.
I hear the pro-AYers say “Yeah but we got the Nets.” Does anyone realize Brooklyn could have BOUGHT the Nets for what we’re paying Ratner to just move them a few miles?
Far fewer residential units and less commercial space would still have been profitable and the development manageable (and potentially attractive.) We need politicians that will put our needs ahead of the needs of their main campaign contributor. Let’s start with Marty.
I can’t wait for Goldstein’s building to bulldozed. The only problem is he will be laughing all the way to the bank with about 1.2-1.5 million in compensation. All his DDDB lackies will be left behind with nothing to show for their efforts. LOL.