Sunday, March 21, 2004
No Sports Bars
A special message for AmCop readers who are Brooklynites: please be aware of this significant and not at all unpolitical message:
posted by Blicero : 3/21/2004 02:58:00 AM
Most of us in living Brooklyn know very little about the proposed sports arena to be built on Flatbush, but it's time to learn. The deal is NOT about whether Brooklyn gets a basketball team, it's about 6.5 million additional square feet of malls, skyscraping offices, and luxury apartments the deal includes.I have to say--of all the information presented here, this caught my attention most unpleasantly:
Please join Stay Free! in supporting fair development and calling for public input on this real-estate deal.
Rally at the Brooklyn Yards
Sunday, March 28, 2 pm
Pacific bet. 5th and 6th
For a lot more info: http://www.nolandgrab.org
Brownstones will be replaced by skyscrapers. Small stores and cafes will be replaced with global franchises like Target, Tony Roma, Red Lobster, KFC and McDonald's. Neighborhood bars will be replaced by sports bars filled with the arena visitors.Sports bars. [Shudder.] Non-smoking sports bars. [Violent shudder; swoon.] Non-smoking sports bars filled with people from suburban New Jersey. [Blackout.]
posted by Blicero : 3/21/2004 02:58:00 AM
