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Old Posted Aug 28, 2013, 12:40 PM
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Very interesting article in the Times about architectural renders as political tools, using Greenpoint Landing as a case study: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/ny...tate.html?_r=0

The comments, of course, are rage-inducing for both sides of the debate.

I'm shocked that the NIMBYs would use scare tactics...




Two illustrations of the same project, Greenpoint Landing. At right is an architectural rendering drawn several years ago
for the proposed development, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. At left is a rendering used by a group called Save Greenpoint.


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