10/22/2007

Free Screening of Atlantic Yards Documentary


BROOKLYN MATTERS: Nov 5 @7pm Free screening at Old Stone Hse. in Park Slope

"Brooklyn Matters" is the critically acclaimed documentary about the Atlantic Yards development, by producer/director Isabel Hill. Here is a chance to see the film at a free screening, and speak with director Hill, who will be there to introduce her documentary and answer questions.

Here's the information for your calendar:

BROOKLYN MATTERS
Monday, November 5th at 7pm
The Old Stone House in Park Slope
(5th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets)


Check out the website for the film to see more.
http://www.brooklynmatters.com/

Brooklyn Matters is an insightful documentary that reveals the fuller truth about the Atlantic Yards proposal and highlights how a few powerful men are circumventing community participation and planning principles to try to push their own interests forward.

Critical praise for Brooklyn Matters:

"Brooklyn Matters is a remarkable film that slowly, quietly, calmly reveals the extreme ugliness at the heart of one of the most ill-conceived mega-development schemes in New York history."
-Francis Morrone, Architectural Historian

"Isabel Hill's revealing documentary about the proposed Atlantic Yards project takes an honest look at the complex role that race, class, power, and money play in the redevelopment of our communities and calls for a more open discussion about equitable urban development."

2 comments:

Blair said...

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Best,

Blair

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Blair said...

Greetings! Please see the recent Brooklyn incidents; please disseminate this vital public service to preclude more tragedies. Many thanks.

Best,

Blair

Just so you know, I confer with Con Edison's Stray Voltage and Public Affairs Units and contribute to Wet Nose Guide and New York Dog Chat.

HOW TO SLAY AN INVISIBLE DANGER.

Blair Sorrel, Founder
http://www.StreetZaps.com

Contact voltage is a chronic hidden hazard that can readily victimize an unsuspecting dog, walker, or both. No dog lover could possibly observe a more horrifying scene than witnessing his beloved pet instantaneously maimed or tragically electrocuted. When you exercise your pooch, please exercise greater prudence. Common outdoor electrical and metal fixtures may shock or even kill your vulnerable dog. And depending upon the current, the walker will be bitten and like poor Aric Roman, suffer permanently. But you can, indeed, self-protect.

Just start to adopt this simple strategy — EYEBALL THE BLOCK, AND AVOID A SHOCK. Take a few seconds and make your trajectory toward generally safer, free standing, non-conductive surfaces, ie., plastic, wood, cardboard. Intuit your dog’s cues and if it’s resistant, change directions. Work site perimeters may be live so try to elude them. If necessary, switch sides of the street or your hands when leading to skirt hazards. If you traverse the same route, you may memorize locations of potential dangers. Carry your pooch when in doubt. Consider indoor restroom products like PottyPark when external conditions are chancy or RopeNGo’s hardware-free leash and harness. And don’t rely on dog booties as a palliative as they will actually put your pet at even greater risk since the dog can’t tell you they’re leaking! To learn to more, please see StreetZaps. A safer walk is yours year round if you are willing to open to your eyes and mind to it.