Frank Gehry has designed and won approval for a project (pictured) that will completely transform Brooklyn while also providing a new home arena for the New
Jersey (?) Nets basketball team.
So, what’s the first thing that happens? Lawsuits by NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) individuals and groups. The first phase is scheduled for completion in 2010, but these lawsuits should gum up the works for a couple of years.
Same thing happened near me when the San Diego Padres got permission to build a new baseball stadium–lawsuit after lawsuit.
People who want everything to stay the same forever should move to Russia, where that’s exactly what happens, be it communist or (harhar) capitalist.
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