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Archive for the ‘Affordable Housing’ Category
Charrette, Not Charade
Posted in Affordable Housing on November 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Protest on the Broadway Triangle
Posted in Affordable Housing on November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Charrette Controversy
Posted in Affordable Housing, tagged Add new tag, http://unitedjewish.org/, http://www.lossures.org/, http://www.stnicksnpc.org/ on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A missing invitation is causing a stir in Williamsburg.
Latino housing advocacy groups like Los Sures and St. Nick are angry that the city has included the United Jewish Organization (UJO), representing the nabe’s Hassidim, in the redevelopment of the Broadway Triangle, and left them out.
The Broadway Triangle, an area bound by Williamsburg, Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant, [...]
