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]
I saw this piece on NY1 last night and noticed how poorly these protestors present themselves. They all look so haggard and come across as nervous and extreme. One dude had this wild, unteased hair and would appear perfectly natural asking for spare change at Atlantic Avenue. PR basics, guys.
But Heath Ledger is against AY!
Quick alert the media and politicans!
Comission another portrait of Goldstein!
When New York City built Lincoln center in 1950’s the city tore down over 50 tenement buildings to much protest. Not that many people talk about that now when they got Madama Butterfly and the Opera. New York city in The past 150 years….Buildings have been built, buidings have been torn down. My grandparents were born and raised in Jewish Brownsville Brooklyn during the 1930’s-1950’s. I went to Brownsville with Grampa last year and saw him cry for the first time in my life. “It’s all gone!” Yes neighborhoods change, and hopefully AY will make Brooklyn even more unique.
But Heath Ledger is against AY!
Quick alert the media and politicans!
Comission another portrait of Goldstein!
When New York City built Lincoln center in 1950’s the city tore down over 50 tenement buildings to much protest. Not that many people talk about that now when they got Madama Butterfly and the Opera. New York city in The past 150 years….Buildings have been built, buidings have been torn down. My grandparents were born and raised in Jewish Brownsville Brooklyn during the 1930’s-1950’s. I went to Brownsville with Grampa last year and saw him cry for the first time in my life. “It’s all gone!” Yes neighborhoods change, and hopefully AY will make Brooklyn even more unique.
But Heath Ledger is against AY!
Quick alert the media and politicans!
Comission another protrait of Goldstein.!
When New York City built Lincoln center in 1950’s the city tore down over 50 tenement buildings to much protest. Not that many people talk about that now when they got Madama Butterfly. New York city in The past 150 years….Buildings have been built, buidings have been torn down. My grandparents were born and raised in Jewish Brownsville Brooklyn during the 1930’s-1950’s. I went to Brownsville with Grampa last year and saw him cry for the first time in my life. “It’s all gone!” Yes neighboorhoods change, and hopefully AY will make Brooklyn even more unqiue.
I agree that this has been the most pathetic and ineffective protest movement in the history of community activism. I blame the planners/organizers. I tried getting involved early but I was turned off by the Hagan sisters, Goldstein, Oder and the rest of the anti-development gang. I just found them to be very extreme and scary in their tone and proposed actions.
After a attending a few informational meetings, I came away with the feeling that the opposition of AY was centered around 6 very active and very vocal pseudo community leaders/preservationists/environmentalists who truly didn’t have Brooklyn’s best interest in mind but were more concerned with pushing forward their own narrow and self-righteous agenda. They came across as angry, extreme and irrational. To them there was no compromise. It wasn’t so much that they were against the project in its entirety but more along the lines of like “lets build it somewhere else.” Yes, someplace more remote, on the periphery and with less transportation options; which would surely doom the project to failure. It was pure and unadulterated NIMBYISM.
The more I listened to them, the more I came to realize that AY represented Brooklyn’s last chance to do something truly remarkable at the borough’s gateway on 22 acres on one of the city most desolate and blighted stretch of land.
Yes, the project has some problems but I think most people are in agreement that the pluses far outweigh the negatives on this one. In the end, I think the project will promote more gentrification and spearhead more widespread development east of Flatbush Avenue. To many of us, though we know it’s not PC to say out loud, gentrification is a very good thing for neighboring residents and the borough overall. For all of its faults, AY will bring more luxury housing and with it a more educated and well heeled group that will bring about a better mix of good and services to the community. I live and own squarely in the AY impact zone and I’m not worried a bit about falling housing values, construction, traffic, environmental issues or any of the other overblown and exaggerated lies espoused by the opposition. IMHO, despite minor drawbacks, this project is great for Brooklyn. I guess I really don’t have a problem with Brooklyn becoming the new Manhattan. You guys have any idea what a brownstone fetches in Manhattan?!?! LOL!
Wow! I finally got that off my chest. Okay. You can now start the personal attacks. I’m a shill. I’m on Ratners payroll. Yadayadayadayada…..
SWISSSHHHH!!
LET’S GOT NETS!!!!
“REJECTED BY EWING…jr….!”
Eryximachus you truly are a fool
david gets owned again and again
let’s go nuts!!!