In a one-hour interview with the Brooklyn Paper and other representatives of the Community Newspaper Group, Mayor Mike Bloomberg discussed a wide variety of Brooklyn topics including his preference for Frank Gehry as the Atlantic Yards architect, the rezoning of Coney Island and more.
“If there’s any way Ratner can possibly do it, he should use the Gehry
design, because he will get great events from around the world going
directly to Brooklyn,” the mayor told a team of reporters and editors
from the Community Newspaper Group, the parent company of The Brooklyn
Paper. “Simon and Garfunkel on their tour would go to Brooklyn in a
second before they go to Madison Square Garden. They’re New Yorkers.”
design, because he will get great events from around the world going
directly to Brooklyn,” the mayor told a team of reporters and editors
from the Community Newspaper Group, the parent company of The Brooklyn
Paper. “Simon and Garfunkel on their tour would go to Brooklyn in a
second before they go to Madison Square Garden. They’re New Yorkers.”