www.NoLandGrab.org

website: http://www.nolandgrab.org/
location: BrooklynNYUnited States

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No Land Grab is an activist blog about the Atlantic Yards project.

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A true-crime tale in "Atlantic Yards"? Not quite

4 hours 19 min ago
The "noir" we're most familiar with would have thugs with fedoras hanging around the footprint for the proposed Atlantic Yards project, but Norman Oder, who is apparently catching up with his summer r...

Get The Hell Off My Lawn

Fri, 07/04/2008 - 04:44
Footprint Gazette Dedicated to Forest City Ratner:
Oh get the hell off of my lawn Didn’t wanna write no country song But you left me no choice, now go on git goin’...

An economist says no eminent domain for sports facilities

Fri, 07/04/2008 - 04:32
During the 10/10/07 hearing, Professional Sport Stadiums: Do They Divert Public Funds From Critical Public Infrastructure?, held by the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy of the Committee on Oversight ...

From Texas or Russia, Ohio or Colombia, Finding Themselves in New York

Fri, 07/04/2008 - 04:24
Nicole Guishard has lived in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, for the past five years — ever since her student internship in physical therapy turned into a full-time job. Born in Columbia, Md., she lik...

Learning From the WTC Rebuilding Fiasco

Fri, 07/04/2008 - 04:24
As if all the havoc visited upon almost every single one of New York's recent public-private mega-projects — WTC, Hudson Yards, Moynihan Station, Atlantic Yards — hasn't been enough to...

Lawmakers Debate Public Funding Of New Stadiums' Construction

Thu, 07/03/2008 - 21:56
The city's Economic Development Corporation wants to use hundreds of millions of city-issued tax-exempt bonds to help finance the projects, but some lawmakers object to such use of the public purse....

Movies At McCarren Park!

Thu, 07/03/2008 - 21:36
Town Square is hosting a series of movies this summer at McCarren Park. I cannot say I am too pleased by the sponsors, among whom are Forest City Ratner and Greenpoint Landing “A Park Tower De...

Writing the New Newspaper

Thu, 07/03/2008 - 21:14
Yes, in the future, we may not have full time reporters. That does not mean we won’t have real journalism - it just means the people writing will have to be something other than merely report...

Taken To School In The 64th

Thu, 07/03/2008 - 21:00
Paul Newell held his first official press conference of the campaign season this afternoon, during which he assailed Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for his relationship with mega-developer Bruce Ra...

Serve's Up

Thu, 07/03/2008 - 20:41
Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment (BSE), in partnership with Atlantic Yards and the AVP Crocs Tour, is bringing professional beach volleyball back to Brooklyn with the Third Annual AVP Crocs Tour Br...
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