On our side of the street are businesses, apartments, homes. On the other side is a gaping pit of demolition. A wound. There are plans for a new sports facility, housing, and a new improved neighborhood. This completely new neighborhood will not be for anyone that is part of the neighborhood now. The plans are for a new neighborhood with new neighbors, one that doesn’t even see that there is a community here being displaced. Even in the rain, people tend to avoid the covered sidewalk on the other side of the street. They prefer to walk on this side where they are seen. Part of being here, is seeing the people here. Being part of this street. Art is witnessing and acknowledging life.
" Battle of Brooklyn" is a documentary by Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley about the efforts of local community activists to stop a massive development in the area before Dec 31, 2009. If you are interested in helping finish the film, the site is: http://www.kickstarter.com/
Trailer: http://www.rumur.
Donations can go to: MPI (Moving Pictures Institute), 375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013 with a subject line"Battle"
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