Comments on: St. Ann’s Gets “Conditional” Nod for Tobacco Warehouse http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463 Dispatches from America's first suburb Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: BigDavehttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284540 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:01:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284540 ujh, funds for capital expenditures are always easier to raise than money for operating costs; that said, all one needs to do is go to the St. Ann’s Warehouse website to see from whence the money comes: http://www.stannswarehouse.org/current_donors.php
An impressive list which includes, by the way, the Walentas, who are also on St. Ann’s Warehouse board.

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By: bklyn20http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284405 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:30:03 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284405 Apologies as well.

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By: bklyn20http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284404 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:29:33 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284404 Reggie, I do know that that’s the reality of the CAC, but I think that it should then be re-named the Community Advisory Creature Council (very good vis-a-vis the muskrat family, no?)

How about CACC for Community Advisory Captive Council, or CACoerced Council? Maybe HAC is better — Hand-picked Advisory Council?!

This is said with alologies to those on the —AC who are doing their best to think independently about how to get a real park for our city.

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By: ujhhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284324 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:25:30 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284324 The question is this: If Saint Ann’s Warehouse has had a sweetheart deal for years on rent with Two Trees Management, or the Walentas family personally, where are the funds coming from to enable the arts presenter to not only build a theater but maintain the outer walls of the Tobacco Warehouse, as required in the RFP?

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By: Publiushttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284314 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:08:34 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284314 The Brooklyn Paper has updated info: http://bit.ly/9wnZtF

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By: BigDavehttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284254 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:40:42 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284254 St. Ann’s Warehouse has had a sweetheart deal with the Walentas from the time it moved down the hill. While I am happy for any arts group that gets free or virtually free real estate in NYC (look at the Public Theater/NY Shakespeare Festival in Manhattan), there ought to come a time when that group, by virtue of its ability to channel operating costs away from real estate into its programs, gives back to its community, especially to smaller arts groups without permanent homes. St. Ann’s Warehouse certainly brings an international menu to Dumbo; the question is what are they going to do for NYC, especially Brooklyn, performance groups and artists? The “public” component of the St. Ann’s Warehouse proposal looked small and self-serving. I would like to hear from St. Ann’s Warehouse specifically as to how they will share the space.

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By: Reggiehttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284252 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:24:38 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284252 The CAC, I believe, is a creature of the BBPC, so I don’t believe the membership has the power to select its own members. It is my understanding that BBPC, with input from local elected officials, appoints who is on the CAC.

Oh, and while I’m here: what communitarian said.

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By: communitarianhttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284092 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:08:33 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284092 Apparently the fix was in as soon as Walentas decided he couldn’t live without installing a high-rise under the Brooklyn Bridge, and therefore needed to find somewhere for St Ann’s to go.

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By: bklyn20http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284016 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:17:44 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284016 ABC, they do this so less-informed people will think this is a public park with features chosen by or approved of by the public.

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By: ABChttp://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284014 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:14:35 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284014 why did they bother with the whole request for proposal charade anyway?

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By: bklyn20http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/24463/comment-page-1#comment-284011 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:06:29 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=24463#comment-284011 I am very happy Tony Manheim is now on the CAC. But did they agree to put Sandy Balboza on — or back on, as she was voted in at the previous CAC meeting and then removed? (Sandy is head of the Atlantic Avenue Betterment Association.) I understood that CAC members voted her on, and the the BBPDC said “no.” .

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