During an 88-degree day, on 8/23/06, thousands of Brooklynites tried to attend the first hearing on the Atlantic Yards Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Many were turned away from the Klitgord Auditorium, capacity 900.
I wrote about it the next day--that was before laptops and YouTube, so the coverage was lengthy, but less comprehensive than it could have been. Here's my coverage of that epic hearing:
And I looked at some mini-episodes two years later (and, at bottom, turn one of them into a new video):
Beckett at the DEIS Hearing
by: AYreport
I wrote about it the next day--that was before laptops and YouTube, so the coverage was lengthy, but less comprehensive than it could have been. Here's my coverage of that epic hearing:
AY supporters out in force at epic hearing, but opponents go the distance
Here's some video, from Freddy's Brooklyn Roundhouse.And I looked at some mini-episodes two years later (and, at bottom, turn one of them into a new video):
At the DEIS hearing, "an affront to common sense" on adaptive reuse
From the DEIS hearing: unheeded wisdom regarding the economic claims
From the DEIS hearing: "Daniel Ratner" and the Legion of Doom
As de Blasio stresses AY support, he claims CBA, not government, would guarantee the affordable housing
From absurdism to farce: the community forums conclude with "What for?"
To Lew Fidler, AY would replace an "old Buick"
"I've been here since 2:00": echoes of Beckett at DEIS hearing
At the DEIS hearing, invocations of Brooklyn street cred
"We talk about people and we talk about children": Carl Kruger's "Brooklyn" aria
Onward with Team Golden? AY supporter caught in self dealing
Three minutes? Transcript shows how DEIS hearing quickly went off track
Overstatements from the DEIS hearing: land acquisition, legal challenge, new high schools, housing
Beckett at the DEIS Hearing
by: AYreport
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