New York Daily News sports columnist Michael O'Keeffe was in the audience at Borough Hall on Thursday and--like any sports reporter trained to tell the story of the game in front of him, not the press release--told it like it was: Bruce Ratner's Brooklyn Day a dud:
The speakers at the rally sounded like Hillary Clinton in the waning weeks of her failed presidential campaign: angry and frustrated, stunned at the prospect of defeat when they once expected a slam dunk.
Unlike the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the controversy over the $4.2 billion proposal, which includes a Nets arena, offices and apartments, is far from over. But community opposition, legal challenges and especially the credit crisis have stalled Ratner's ambitions, and Atlantic Yards no longer feels like a done deal.
I've been suggesting for nearly two years that columnists should cover Atlantic Yards. That means actually showing up.
The speakers at the rally sounded like Hillary Clinton in the waning weeks of her failed presidential campaign: angry and frustrated, stunned at the prospect of defeat when they once expected a slam dunk.
Unlike the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the controversy over the $4.2 billion proposal, which includes a Nets arena, offices and apartments, is far from over. But community opposition, legal challenges and especially the credit crisis have stalled Ratner's ambitions, and Atlantic Yards no longer feels like a done deal.
I've been suggesting for nearly two years that columnists should cover Atlantic Yards. That means actually showing up.
On Atlantic Yards, O'Keefe and Lupica are honest, clear-sighted and maybe even courageous. Sports writers must know something about journalism they should share with their colleagues.
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