Today Norman Oder posed the question: "What happened to the footprint trees?" As it turns out I snapped some pics and took a vid on the day the trees came down in early April. Here's what happened:
The good news is that there are signs of regrowth. We may not have trees, but The Footprint is now officially home to a shrubby weed:
Get The Hell Off My Lawn Welcome to The Footprint Where you can’t hear yourself think Cause folks from Jersey needed jobs of their own They’re building our arener But I know what’d be keener If you would get the hell off of my lawn
Oh get the hell off of my lawn You boys just don’t belong We’ve been here years, cracking jokes and drinking beers Oh get the hell off of my lawn Didn’t wanna write no country song But you left me no choice, now go on git goin’.
Pro basketball is lame As would be the teams name Brooklynettes ain’t gone get no respect So quit spending all my money On something so dumb it’s the last thing this town needs, get the hell off my lawn
Brooklyn don’t need no stadiums, shopping malls or Canadians This neighborhood been coming along just fine So put your project elsewhere like somewhere out in Delaware And leave us nice city folks behind
This video of footprint demolition as seen from the apartment of an elderly woman who lives there has been floating about. Pretty outrageous. It speaks for itself:
From YouTube: Video shot from the window of a sweet old lady living in the proposed site of the Atlantic Yards Project. FCR has been trying to get her and over a dozen other residents of the area to leave. This type of "work" begins as early as 7 am and lastst until the evening. Email Marty Markowitz at marty@brooklynbp.nyc.gov and ask him to stop the construction until the needs of the residents there are met.
