By Deborah Kolben
Atlantic Yards: A week after the City Planning Commission hosted a public hearing on the
Downtown Brooklyn Plan, it is considering making two major changes, according
to sources.
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By Deborah Kolben
Atlantic Yards: Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Peter Kalikow said this
week he would seek “maximum value” for an 11-acre Long Island
Rail Road storage yards site in Prospect Heights — over which developer
Bruce Ratner is looking to build a colossal arena complex — but demurred
when asked if he would put the property through an open bidding process.
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By Jotham Sederstrom
Atlantic Yards: Chanting “No eminent domain for personal gain,” hundreds of
protesters gathered in Prospect Heights Sunday, within three-point range
of the site planned for a professional basketball arena that has been
mightily opposed since it was proposed by developer Bruce Ratner last
year.
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By Jotham Sederstrom
Atlantic Yards: Developer Bruce Ratner has been floating the notion that he might build
a second sports facility — for amateur athletics — in addition
to a professional basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets, on the site
for the proposed Atlantic Yards development.
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