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Top 80 for 2008 from the Brooklyn Papers

So the Brooklyn papers has a list of it's top 80 interesting things for 2008 ranked from 80 to 1 like a countdown.

Lots of development issues feature in the list, some good, mostly, from a community viewpoint, not so good. Atlantic Yards comes in twice at 47:

47. Atlantic Yards: The smoldering standoff pitting Brooklynâ€™s elected officials and Atlantic Yards opponents against the city and state over security plans at the mega-development over the Vanderbilt Train Yards (right) shows no signs of cooling off. The electeds and opponents want a public review, but the city and state are staying silent.

and at 10:

10. Atlantic Yards lawsuits: Two suits are pending â€” one about the stateâ€™s use of eminent domain and the other about the allegedly poor environmental review of the mega-development. If either one succeeds, developer Bruce Ratner is in trouble. If both fail, bring on the bulldozers.

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