The Battle for Atlantic Yards comes to Penn, bookended with megaproject forums
Talk megaprojects and sing eminent domain blues at Penn this month with In the Footprint: The Battle for Atlantic Yards, a high-drama docu-musical about a controversial Brooklyn development at the Annenberg Center (1/18-1/28), and two panel discussions organized by PennDesign about megaprojects and balancing social good(1/17 and 1/31). Eyes on the Street is giving away tickets that get you into both.
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