What Decrepit Brooklyn Nabe Gets (In Dreams) This Gleaming Waterfront Park?
Runnin’ Scared [Village Voice blog] Forest City makes a cameo in this brief piece casting doubt on the likelihood of a newly proposed Brooklyn waterfront development coming to fruition. One of the bright sides of a collapsing economy is that developers — who normally treat us peons like, well, peons — are getting their asses kicked. Forest City Enterprises, the home office of Atlantic Yards villain Bruce Ratner, has lost 93 percent of its share value this year. Brooklynites are even starting to reach across neighborhoods to hassle builders. Up your ass like a war of class, richies!