Originally posted by DJ Keith Porter:
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I live THREE FUCKING BLOCKS from the proposed site, my neighborhood--one with lots of desirable housing--would be dismantled, and thoroughly trashed on a regularly basis. So....I'm not happy. I'm considering a visit with a santero.
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If they really want to give Brooklyn a shot in the arm, why not demolish that decaying monstronsity called the Fulton Mall where they can be really indulgent?
AR15firing.gif Don't get me wrong I am all for a sports team coming to Brooklyn but I agree 100% that the desired location sucks big time.
The suggestion about demolishing the Fulton Mall is a good one.
The two main problems with that idea is no parking and not enough land to build a stadium to fit 20k seats.
Ps. I have been trying to move in your area for a while now. I hope your apartment is rent stabilized! Its been said that if this plan does succeed the property value and rents in that neighborhood is going to rise really high. </font>[/QUOTE]OK, I live in the Slope. I plan to buy within a year. I do realize that I my days in my building may be coming to an end. It's rent stabilized, but the owner's tax benefits run out in 2005. That means the owner could jack the rents to market rate, with or without the Brooklyn Nets.
Despite all of the circumstances, I do support the coming(?) of the Brooklyn Nets. I would have hoped, however, that piece of garbage that's calling itself an Atlantic Terminal Mall (worse than Fulton Mall--it's bigger) could be demolished in favor of the arena, as opposed to the LIRR train yard (across the street from the so-called Mall, which would knock off a block).
Alantic and Flatbush Airvenyues (the area in question) is being revitalized. A new office building is being built as we speak, and loooooooong overdue renovation of the Atlantic Avenue subway shall be completed by Spring/Summer 2004.
[ December 11, 2003, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Fletch ]