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New Grounds for Opposing Atlantic Yards

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:45:00 -0400

Here's another example of the odd array of critics brought together in opposition to the impending Atlantic Yards project: The anti-big-development critics who made hay over the naming rights of the planned Barclays Center because of that bank's historical ties to slavery are now joined by the state Libertarian Party, which is urging a boycott of Barclays to protest the use of "corporate sports welfare and eminent domain abuse." -- Azi...

The Afternoon Wrap: Monday

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:37:52 -0500

Flip of the Week: Courteney and David Cox Arquette bought their house in 2001 for $10 million, and have now put it on the market for $33,500,000. Apparently, Californians will pay anything for four bedrooms that belonged to two semi-stars. [WSJ] Prospect Park will have a new $25 million skating rink in three years. (By then, Prospect will officially have become the new Central Park--but with better-dressed ice skaters.) [Gowanus Lounge] After reading this morning's...

The Barclays Question

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:45:00 -0500

At the prompting of one outspoken reader, here's a little more about the latest debate going on with the Atlantic Yards Project. Years ago, Barclays Bank in England was involved in the slave trade and did business with South Africa during apartheid. Today, they've got the naming rights for the stadium that's part of the massive Atlantic Yards Project in Brooklyn. Critics have seized on this as more evidence that Bruce Ratner's project is at...

Barclays in Brooklyn, Take Two

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:08:38 -0500

Richard Lipsky, whom we have noted is a paid consultant to Forest City Ratner, pumps up the warm and fuzzy part of the Nets arena naming deal : a $2.5 million "Nets-Barclays Sports Alliance." Compared to the nearly $400 million that the Nets are getting for the arena naming rights, this is the stuff that comes out of chickens, but it does show how broad and extensive Forest City's efforts have been to gain...

A $400 Million Play in Brooklyn

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:32:48 -0500

Blogger Norman Oder figures that the sale of the naming rights for the Nets' new home in Brooklyn will cover about half of the bond payments for the arena. Or, rather, the "nearly $400 million" from Barclays Bank would cover that much of the construction cost if the developer, Forest City Ratner, had not been offered, by the state and the city, an even better way to pay off the bonds: the diversion of...

Countdown to Bliss

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:00:00 -0400

Jennifer Thurston and Carl Neuhaus

Met: August 2003 Engaged: March 3, 2006 Projected Wedding Date: Nov. 25, 2006 It’s a capital idea! Carl Neuhaus, 28, a manager at Barclays Capital, is marrying Jennifer Thurston, 30, an account supervisor at Zenithdirect, an advertising firm, at Capitale, the cavernous boîte in a former bank on the Bowery. The Reverend Vic Furman will preside over the ceremony. The beefy 6-foot-3 Mr. Neuhaus first encountered...

Miss Manners

Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:00:00 -0400

An S.U.V. rolled up to an Upper East Side townhouse, two groggy teens squinting as they emerged. Jane and Jennifer, both 14, both students at the Horace Mann School, hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, but managed to catch a few winks on the way back from Fire Island. Jane pushed the bell for No. 5 and, a flash later, an older woman with the glamour of an aging movie star air-kissed and...