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Watching neighborhoods transform under corporate growth
An oped reflecting on BASF as it marks 150 years and the push to redevelop Red Hook. The piece critiques city leaders and corporate interests driving high rise growth, waterfront shifts, LICH fate, Pier 6 towers, and the move to luxury development over blue collar jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BASF
Nyc
Red Hook
Cobble Hill
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation
Sunset Park
South Brooklyn
NYC Economic Development Corp
Pier
Pier 11
Pier 9
Marshall Sohne
Cal
Borough Hall
ILA
EDC
Yz Pier
Phoenix Beverage
Phoenix