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Remembering the Battle of Brooklyn Two Sections w Facebook.com/ Twitter.com Volume 59, No. 90 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013 BrooklynEagle.com BrooklynEagle @BklynEagle 50¢ BROOKLYN Coney Amusement TODAY Remembering AUG. 16 Ride Injures Boy A 5-year-old boy suf- Good morning. Today is fered lacerations to his The Battle of the 228th day of the year. The left leg and head after Brooklyn Daily Eagle of Aug. 16, 1901, took note of the large falling off a kiddie ride at number of poolrooms existing an amusement park in Brooklyn within a few blocks of Borough Brooklyn, police said Hall. At that time, “poolrooms” Wednesday. BATTLE OF BROOKLYN WEEK meant places, usually saloons, Police are investigat- will take place from Aug. 18 where bets were placed on the ing how the boy, who is to 25, and events (including horses. Playing billiards was re-enactments such as the just one of the ways patrons re- expected to survive, was laxed until their results came in able to get out of the Sea one seen here) are planned from the track. By the beginning Serpent Roller Coaster at at Green-wood Cemetery, of World War I, however, Deno’s Wonder Wheel the Old Stone House, Brook- “pool” increasingly referred to Amusement Park in lyn Bridge Park and Fort the game of billiards itself. Coney Island. Well-known people who Greene Park. The Battle of were born today include actress The boy, whose name Brooklyn, which was the first Angela Bassett (“Waiting to Ex- was not released, was battle of the Revolutionary taken to Bellevue Hospi- hale,” “Malcolm X”), sports- War after the Declaration, caster and Hall of Fame foot- tal, where officials said he ball player Frank Gifford, TV was in stable condition. ended with a British victory, personality and singer Kathie Park co-owner Dennis but the Americans escaped Lee Gifford, singer-actress Vourderis told WABC from Brooklyn Heights to re- Madonna (“Desperately Seek- group and fight again. See ing Susan,” “Evita”) and actor that there hadn’t been an- Timothy Hutton (“Ordinary other accident at the ride Page 1 INB. People”). in its 15-year history. Photo by Kate Attardo Ratner Selected for Nassau Coliseum NASSAU COUNTY OFFICIALS on Thursday chose Forest City Ratner, the developer of Brook- lyn's Barclays Center and MetroTech, to redevelop the Nassau Veterans Memorial Col- iseum and its surrounding 77- acre property. Here's Forest City Ratner's design for the rebuilt Nassau Coliseum, as designed by ShoP Architects, which also designed Barclays Center in Brooklyn. See story, page 2. Rendering courtesy of ShoP Architects Rendering courtesy GET UP AND RIDE, A BROOKLYN- based bike tour company, is sponsoring "Brooklyn Pulse: Urban Art and Culture Tour," which gives guests a full experi- ence of visiting some of North Brooklyn's colorful industrial murals. See story, page 3. Photo courtesy of Get Up and Ride Up of Get courtesy Photo DUMBO-BASED ARTISTS NORIKO Shinohara, seen here, and her husband Ushio are the subject of “Cutie and the Boxer,” a documentary by Brooklyn- based filmmaker Zachary Heinzerling. The film opens Friday, Aug. 16. See Page 4 INB. TOP OF THE POPS: ON TUESDAY, the Rockettes took their unique brand of entertain- ment to Union Street in Park of Radius-TWC courtesy Photo Slope to promote this year’s version of the upcoming Radio City Christmas Spectacular. The Rockettes unveiled and distributed to fans Christmas- inspired ice “Rox Pops,” creat- Photo courtesy of MSG Photos courtesy Photo ed by People’s Pops. Friday, August 16, 2013 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle • 1 Ratner Selected To Rebuild Nassau Coliseum By Frank Eltman season. president Dave Checketts. Associated Press “We are grateful to be se- Ratner also reported that A decade-long effort to lected to revitalize Nassau the Nets would play one sin- renovate the aging and di- Veterans Memorial Colise- gle-season game and the Is- lapidated Nassau Coliseum um,” said Bruce Ratner, chair landers four regular season moved a step closer to frui- of Brooklyn-based Forest City and two pre-season games, tion on Thursday when offi- Ratner. “I would like to thank according to Nets Daily. cials chose Forest City Ratner, Nassau County Executive Ed The plan still requires the the developer of Brooklyn’s Mangano and his team for approval of the Nassau Coun- Barclays Center and Metro- a transparent and well-man- ty Legislature, but observ- Tech, to redevelop the Nas- aged process. We understand ers said it was likely the GOP sau Veterans Memorial Col- and proudly accept the tre- majority in the legislature iseum and its surrounding mendous responsibility that would go along with the Re- 77-acre property. accompanies this project and publican county executive’s The selection of Nassau the impact it has on future selection. Events Center LLC, a team generations of Long Islanders.” The finalists had engaged headed by Forest City Rat- According to the Nets Dai- in high-profile television and ner, over the Madison Square ly site, under Ratner’s plan, the print advertising campaigns Garden Co. for the $229 mil- same aggregation of business- while vying for the right to lion job was announced es that built Barclays — includ- develop the property. A pub- by County Executive Ed- ing SHoP architects and Hunt lic session to discuss the pro- ward P. Mangano following Bros. Construction — would posals last spring featured an a months-long competition downsize the mammoth are- appearance by music mogul that initially involved four na to 13,000 seats. It would and hip-hop star Jay Z, whose bidders. also build a 2,500-seat outdoor company is affiliated with Forest City Ratner’s design for the rebuilt Nassau Coliseum, as designed by ShoP Architects, which The announcement comes amphitheater, 50,000 square the Ratner group. also designed Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Rendering courtesy of ShoP Architects nearly a year after the colise- feet of retail space and a veter- Nassau County officials um’s primary tenant, the NHL’s ans’ memorial on-site. and others have been strug- Islanders’ billionaire owner, ty that would have included community or municipal New York Islanders, said the The arena would be oper- gling to renovate the colise- software executive Charles a soaring 60-foot office and support after residents ex- team would move from the ated by Legends, the compa- um, built in 1972, for near- Wang, proposed a massive re- condominium tower. That pressed concerns about traf- coliseum to Barclays in the 2015 ny headed by former Knicks ly a decade. In 2004, the development of the proper- proposal failed to win either fic and other issues. LICH Patients Pay Tribute Brooklyn Officials Mourn To Doctors, Nurses Former Deputy Mayor By Raanan Geberer Justice Baynes Could Decide As Soon as Friday Brooklyn Eagle Brooklyn officials this week remembered Wil- liam Lynch, a former aide to then-Mayor David Dinkins who was influential in city and state politics for 40 years. Lynch died on Friday at 72 of kidney disease. Lynch was also instru- mental in planning Nelson Mandela’s visit to New York in 1990, during which Man- dela spoke at the Fulton Mall in Brooklyn. “Bill Lynch was a giant in Grateful patients held a silent tribute to doctors, nurses and staff at LICH on Thursday as they awaited New York City politics, and – Justice Baynes’ decision. Eagle photo by Mary Frost on a personal level – a mentor Mayor David Dinkins and Deputy Mayor William Lynch visit Brook- and a friend to me for the last lyn College in 1991. AP Photo By Mary Frost “We wanted to do some- LICH serves a broad 25 years,” Public Advocate Bill Brooklyn Eagle thing positive, to pay tribute swath of western Brooklyn, de Blasio said. De Blasio, a for- count on wise guidance from Then, in 1989, Lynch acted As supporters of Long Is- to the doctors and nurses who stretching from Red Hook to mer councilman representing Bill during my brief political as Dinkins’ campaign manag- land College Hospital (LICH) have and are having an im- Downtown Brooklyn, DUM- Park Slope and Carroll Gar- and governmental career.” er in his successful bid to be- await a decision by Brooklyn pact on our lives,” said Susan BO and even Williamsburg. dens, worked with Lynch as a Bertha Lewis, head of the come the city’s first black may- Supreme Court Justice John- Raboy, a local resident and a “I hope Bill de Blasio junior staffer during the Din- Brooklyn-Based Black Insti- or, running against Republican ny Lee Baynes about the clo- longtime LICH patient. makes it to mayor; he’s the kins administration. tute and formerly of ACORN, Rudy Giuliani. He later served sure of the hospital, expected LICH patient Deborah only one who’s fighting for “Sometimes we were on said, “A lot of what I know as a deputy mayor for inter- on Friday, a group of grateful Bingham joined the tribute underprivileged and middle the same side, sometimes we about politics and organizing, governmental affairs during patients held a silent tribute with her daughter, Rose Cano. income people,” said Brenda were on opposite sides, but I learned from Bill Lynch. He Dinkins’ administration. to LICH’s doctors, nurses and “I’ve had surgery at LICH and Pepper, another LICH patient. he was always on the side was undoubtedly one of the Later in life, he became staff in front of the courthouse they’ve done such a wonder- Public Advocate and may- of economic and social jus- greatest political minds of our a political consultant, advis- at 360 Adams St. on Thursday.
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