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“Atlantic Yards” Public Input Workshop
Tuesday, July 18, 7 pm Park Slope Methodist Church 493 8th Street at 6th Avenue.
July 18, 2006
Atlantic Yards Hearing Set for… When You’re Out of Town
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Forest City Ratner's "Atlantic Yards" project in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn was released today. It can be found here on the Empire State Development Corporation's web site.
July 18, 2006
Traffic Engineering by Body Count
Van Brunt and Wolcott Streets. Before paint, July 7. After paint, July 14.
July 17, 2006
Unwarranted Traffic Chaos in Red Hook
Not surprisingly, the opening of the popular new Fairway Market in Red Hook, has significantly increased daily motor vehicle mayhem in this formerly moribund corner of Brooklyn.
July 11, 2006
Rally for Smart Growth in Brooklyn
Sunday, July 16, 2 pm GRAND ARMY PLAZARally Starts at 2 pmGather at 1:30 pm
July 10, 2006
Atlantic Yards Traffic and Parking
Continuing to ask the questions that don't seem to occur to his salaried colleagues in the local media, Atlantic Yards Report's Norman Oder has recently been digging in to the critical issues of traffic and parking around Forest City Ratner's massive urban renewal plan for Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
June 29, 2006
A Better Way To Do Development
Otis White's Civic Strategies newsletter reports on a Los Angeles-based real estate developer, Rick Caruso, who is finding that the most effective way to get big development projects done is to work with neighborhood and community groups on plans and designs from the very beginning rather than shutting them out of the process:
May 15, 2006