NOTICE:  The next meeting of the Friends of Dean Street Playground
Saturday, February 12th, 11 AM; The Evangelical Church, 506 Bergen Street
If you go, fill us in on what happens.

It took Develop Don’t Destroy (go figure) to point out that the New York Times profile of developer Shaya Boymelgreen highlights several of his current Brooklyn ventures, but somehow leaves out a very important one: "The Times managed to completely ignore the fact that Shaya owns property in the Nets Arena Complex footprint (Newswalk) and has vowed that he’ll never sell…"

Heather investigates: "The long-adored pool table in Soda on Vanderbilt Ave. has bitten the dust. A major selling point since the bar’s opening, the pool table was removed about two weeks ago because, according to one bartender, it was the cause of ‘too many fights.’ She attested that the table was not broken or anything; ‘it was just time’ for it to go." Pictured: The space left behind.
Soda Bar; 629 Vanderbilt Ave. btw Prospect Pl. and St. Mark’s Ave.; 718-230-8393.

Mark Warren >> Brooklyn Neighborhood Tours >>
Prospect Heights / Prospect Park / Prospect-Lefferts Gardens

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Photo: found by forgotten NY on Palisade Avenue near the
Riverdale Station in the Bronx.

Remember when 98% of people used that Microsoft product to access the Interweb? Looks like about 20% of people coming to dailyheights now use Firefox, a descendent of Mozilla/Netscape project (or at least a vintage 90’s Netscape installation that you’re afraid to update). Another 12% are using Safari on a Mac. Still, 69% are coming here with Internet Explorer. What’s the big deal about Firefox? If Live Bookmarks aren’t enough to make you switch, then check out this page.

Julie Satow writes in the The
New York Sun: “Community groups opposing Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic
Yards development in Brooklyn are advancing an alternative proposal to develop
the site. The "unity plan" calls for the development of the 11-acre
rail yard but does not include a new home for the New Jersey Nets.”

MARSHALL BROWN: “It is about stitching communities together by
creating new street connections and public parks … rather than act as a wall,
as in the Forest City Ratner plan."

DePLASCO (Forest City Ratner): “Not feasible …
They have no way to pay for it.”

HENRY WEINSTEIN (owns 120,000 sq ft of property in the Ratner footprint): "The
unity plan … is a good alternative and is definitely
feasible."

LETITIA JAMES: "The community is not antidevelopment,
it just opposes eminent domain.”