The Holocene


Things change very slowly.


Pictures, Words,
Mothership, Location

Develop Don’t Destroy’s Last Gasp

Well, maybe they will live on to cry foul as the design get’s changed again and again and again.

I wish they had been more successful, but the rallies and the grassroots activism didn’t amount to much in the face of a plan that had been blessed as far away as Albany.  After my recent run-in with the Jacobs-Moses reenactors reminded me, the paradigms for opposing development in this city are almost as out of date as the superblock planning they are attacking.

The group swelled in size as they moved to Atlantic Avenue. The atmosphere was jovial at times, with demonstrators dancing to the music of blowhorns, whistles and tambourines.

The Groundbreaking to Bury the Soul of Brooklyn