Extra, Extra

- Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn lines up an exceptional boardof Brooklyn stars and intellects for its efforts to fight the Atlantic Yards; does this mean Bruce Ratner will make Jay-Z line up his friends? Imagine Beyonce vs. Rosie Perez!
- More proof the Moussaoui life sentence was good: Now he claims he lied about his Al Qaeda connection
- It looks like there will only be one greenmarket on the Upper East Side as one has been withdrawn due to pressures from Eli Zabar
- Lady who ran newstand for 40 years is being forced out!
- Queen Raina of Jordan visits a NYC public school
- It's American Apparel that has popped into the old Flatbush Pavilion, says Curbed

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on May 8, 2006 7:51 PM

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keep out

The arena is the least objectional thing about the whole project. You really believe the excess traffic they are complaining about is going to come from the games? It's going to come from the new residents. And 50 story apartment buildings block light, not arenas. We know what this is really about.

Toby

The tri-state area does not need another arena. There will be one in Newark (which would be perfect for the Nets) plus the Brendan Byrne Arena in the Meadowlands, MSG above Penn Station, and the Nassau County Coliseum out on the Island. Basically arenas and stadiums are white elephants when the teams that use them are out of season.

To Marty Markowitz - the Dodgers left Brooklyn almost 50 years ago. They are not going to return and compensating with a basketball team from New Jersey isn't going to be the second comming of “Dem Bums.”

get bent

Develop Don't Destroy sounds like code for We Were Here First. Typical of New York: Move in and then keep everyone else from following. How progressive.

Toby

At the Fort Greene House Tour "orentation area" yesterday people were taking Marty Markowitz to task aobut Ratner's arena project. He seemed to have almost a robotic prerecorded response. I think Markowitz is trying to relive the former glory of the Dodgers, but that isn't going to happen. Intrestingly the Atlantic Yards area was one of the places mentioned for a new stadium for the Dodgers before they left.

Jack

The Flatbush Pavilion 'mystery' has been known for over 9 months. It was destined to be an American Apparel... And I still mourn the loss.

Goodbye authentic Brooklyn theater. Hello post-modern GAP.