Sep 10, 2009

Artistically Hot

I can't wait to be courtside in BK!

And I'm not so sure I understand the naysayers, enemies of Atlantic Yards. Eminent Domain is clearly a terrible thing for those certain unlucky individuals who are turned out of "offending" structures. But a project is not inherently bad because it begins in this manner. Eminent Domain is why we have Lincoln Center, the building of which many lefties and progressives (including a couple of Able's ancestors) protested bitterly (until they had to bite their tongues in the face of an utter TEMPLE).

Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs, a genuine city within a city. The site Bruce Ratner has chosen for his (and Jay-Z's) Nets, at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues, was the proposed home-that-never-was for the Brooklyn Dodgers, who, because of that failed arena proposal, moved West in 1958. There has not been another team playing in/for Brooklyn since.
Bizarre!
Dreadful!

I love to watch basketball. I love to root for the home team. And this place looks so glamorous and fun--BALLERSSS, Beyoncé (?), beer, throwback jersey mini-dresses with high-tops (?), a straight shot from our apartment.

3 comments:

zbs said...

And then the Gehry plan's gonna break up, now every day I wake up somebody's got something to say

Able said...

fuck a gehry

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