A Dodger Fan Undecided on Nets
I haven't posted a thing yet about this whole stadium proposal for Brooklyn because I haven't made up my mind about it. But I finally realized I'm not likely to make up my mind anytime soon. So here's where I am now.

We live maybe a mile away from the site - though it's not like "a mile" in other cities. It's two full subway stops away and a completely different mindset from surrounding neighborhoods. That intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic is a zoo -- both above ground and below in the subways. Driving, walking or transferring trains is a total mess and has been I suspect for many years before I ever moved out to Brooklyn. Buildings torn down, ugly ones going up, massive construction equipment haphazardly blocking lanes of an already chaotic, sprawling intersection, random re-routing of trains with no warning to passengers. I read a few weeks ago that the subway and LIRR renovation for that station isn't going to be complete for 10 years -- and that's if the new basketball stadium isn't built.

I don't usually come down on the NIMBY side of the fence, but I've got to admit that my very first reaction to the proposal was: THERE? You must be kidding. It's already a mad house.

But I'm willing to consider that the stadium could bring positive change. Plus, I grew up as an LA Dodgers fan, so I appreciate the location's historic yearning for a sports complex there. Watching.
- posted by Amy @ 12/22/2003 09:25:00 AM