March 31, 2004
Ratner mulls moving arena
An aide to New Jersey Nets owner-in-waiting Bruce Ratner has said that the developer has asked architect Frank Gehry if his Brooklyn arena plan can be tweaked to require demolishing fewer homes. It's not clear much can be done here, since without the neighboring block of housing Gehry would have to fit a 400-foot-wide arena on a 200-foot-wide lot - but clearly Ratner was spooked by Sunday's protest by Develop Don't Destroy, which has retained former NYCLU director Norman Siegel to represent residents who face eviction to make way for the arena project.
Posted by Neil deMause
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