After an unsuccessful attempt to hold another charrette, which I wrote about previously, housing advocates are organizing to protest development plans for the Broadway Triangle. This media advisory was sent out this afternoon:
Brooklyn Residents to Protest City’s Development Plans
Over one hundred residents and community leaders from Williamsburg,
Bushwick, and Bedford-Stuyvesant will gather along with their elected
representatives in protest of City-sponsored redevelopment plans for the
Broadway Triangle section of north Brooklyn at a public scoping session
on Monday, November 17th at 3pm in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209
Joralemon Street, Brooklyn.
The City’s Broadway Triangle rezoning plan is the result of a planning
process which excluded the majority of community members living and
working around the Triangle. Many perceive that they were left out
because of long simmering racial, ethnic, and political divisions
prevalent in the area. The Broadway Triangle Community Coalition, made
up of over 40 local churches, tenant associations, day care centers, and
non-profit organizations, has asked the City to postpone its plans until
the entire community has had an opportunity to come together and express
its vision for the area.
WHAT: Over one hundred north Brooklyn residents and their elected
representatives protest to the lack of public input into City-sponsored
development plans for the Broadway Triangle.
WHEN: Monday, November 17th at 3PM
WHERE: Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon Street (between Court Street and Brooklyn Bridge Blvd.)
WHO: The protest will be sponsored by the Broadway Triangle Community
Coalition.
Directions to event: By subway, 2, 3, 4, 5, or R train to Brooklyn
Borough Hall.
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