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MARKOWITZ OK AFTER HEART SCARE • HOW MARTY’S DIET CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE P6 BROOKLYN’S REAL NEWSPAPERS Including The Brooklyn Heights Paper, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper, DUMBO Paper and the Downtown News Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2006 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 20 pages •Vol.29, No. 25 AWP • Saturday, June 24, 2006 • FREE RATNER’S SHADOW LOOMS Pratt study: Atlantic Yards would put Fort Greene in darkness By Gersh Kuntzman Atlantic Yards The Brooklyn Papers ‘does not work’ Bruce Ratner has been accused of many things, but WORST now he’s being accused of PAGE 16 stealing the sun from the sky. According to a new analysis by a Pratt Institute professor and two students, shadows from the developer’s Atlantic START Yards mega-project would darken a wide swath of Brook- lyn from Prospect Heights to Downtown — including a strip in Fort Greene that won the “Greenest Block in Brook- EVER! lyn” contest in 2002. At its worst — at 9 am on Dec. 21 — the shadow from the 62-story “Miss Brooklyn” building, proposed for the cor- Yanks crush ner of Atlantic and Flatbush av- enues, would extend all the way to Fulton and Gold streets. “Shadows from September Clones 18-0 to March will be severe,” said Brent Porter, the Pratt profes- By Vince DiMiceli sor. “Once those buildings go up, the shadowing will be for- The Brooklyn Papers ever.” The Brooklyn Cyclones sixth home TRIPLE-THREAT Porter said he and his stu- The Christina Porter Memorial Lighting Lab, Pratt Institute; Roman Strazhko Architect; Porter, Brent Prof. opener was over before it started. COVERAGE dents — Roman Strazhko and A Pratt Institute study produced this rendering of winter shadows that would be Well, actually, it was over the minute Samantha Sommers — do not cast on Fort Greene if Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards is built. The existing Williams- Kyle Larsen — the Staten Island Yankees See SHADOWS on page 16 burgh Savings Bank building is the thin tower at the far left. power-hitting first baseman — stepped up to the plate in the first inning and smashed DIMICELI AN an 0-2 fastball into the Keyspan Park KUNTZM / Gary Thomas bleachers, quieting an exuberant Opening SHAKESPEARE Night crowd and putting the Yanks up for SEE PAGE 15 good 2-0 Tuesday. LETTERS P8 And before the over-capacity crowd of 9,004 could even finish their first round of Chef One fried Papers The Brooklyn dumplings — the newest savory treats at the ball- Brooklyn Cyclones catcher Joan Martinez hangs his head during park — the Clones were down 10-0, thanks to a Tuesday night’s thrashing by the Staten Island Yankees. seven-run second inning that was punctuated by a Tony Roth three-run dinger to left. Thus began a horrible evening at ing up. Graffiti as the sold-out seaside ballpark in The game ended, mercilessly, at Coney Island, which has been host- close to 11 pm with the score 18-0 art at ing record crowds since it was — the worst loss in Cyclone history, Brooklyn opened in 2001. an illustrious five years that have in- Museum cluded one championship, plenty of It got worse the next night on PAGE 9 Staten Island, when the Cyclones playoff drama and a dozen players blew a five-run lead, allowing the sent to the majors. Yankees to win, 8-7. But this week, the Yankees were But on Tuesday night, the Key- crowing. span faithful, as ever, were undaunt- “This was a good start to the FIX YOUR HOME ed by the Yankee fusillade, sticking year,” said Larsen, a second-year Find a HOME IMPROVEMENT around — and continuing to suck Yankee, who had an MVP-caliber / Gary Thomas specialist in CLASSIFIEDS P19 down the delectable potstickers — season for the NY-Penn League long enough to see the Yanks tack champs last year. “It was good to see Rene Perez on three more runs in the third, the team come out strong. This was thanks to slopping fielding and a fun game.” BROOKLYN CONEY ISLE Larsen’s second homer of the young But not some much fun for Cy- Class of 2006 The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn LOVES DICK season. clones fans. At Pratt Institute, one graduate showed up ready for his first day on the The Cyclones made five errors on Sandy the Seagull rides in to Keyspan Park The only time the crowd came alive job. See how college and high school students commemorated the first SEE PAGE 2 the night — six if you count show- with the “longest first pitch ever.” See OPENER on page 15 day of the rest of their lives, in our graduation special, pages 16-17. BRIEFS B-CAT fight over kitty comedy Local cablecasters to sue Animal Planet for stealing feline reality format By Dana Rubinstein Then again, there are some differ- The Brooklyn Papers ences, too. Animal Planet’s version has a host, a Tail of the Tape It’s the purr-fect crime. voiceover, and a laugh track, while The creator of BCAT’s “Cat Haus” is BCAT’s does not. BCAT producer Steve de threatening to sue Animal Planet for al- De Seve threatened to sue Animal Seve says Animal Planet legedly ripping off his two-year-old low- Planet if it went ahead and broadcast its stole his feline reality budget show in its own prime-time ver- show. The network did not cower. show, “Cat Haus,” for its sion. “They said they were going to air it Animal Planet’s “Meow Mix House,” show “Meow Mix House.” anyway and risk a lawsuit,” said de is a three-minute spot that aired for the Seve. Here’s how the two shows first time last Friday at 9 pm. stack up. — Rubinstein “We’re looking for the right [lawyer], Like “Cat Haus,” “Meow Mix and we’re suing them for at least $3 mil- House” is a reality-show spoof featuring lion” — an amount de Seve estimates Cat Haus CAT REALITY SHOW Meow Mix House live cats with “personalities” voiced by his show would have been worth before humans. At the end of each episode, one “Meow Mix House” destroyed its com- Nine kitties, some Kitty population Ten formerly feral kitties cat gets voted off the show. mercial value. of them formerly feral Could two producers have independ- “Who will buy my show once it’s al- ently come up with the same genius ready been done commercially?” said de Bob Lenartz Strictly public access Budget Beyond basic cable idea? Seve, who is also the producer of Steve de Seve, the BCAT producer, “Brooklyn vs. Bush,” another popular Meow Meow La Pew, Promiscuous pussy Bambi, thinks not. “Their show was clearly BCAT show. from France from Manhattan stolen from our show,” he said. The producers of “Meow Mix” said “They even have fake mini-commer- they were stunned at de Seve’s charges Papers / The Brooklyn Al E. Cat and Cali Cat Texan cat(s) Sam cials, which is one of our trademarks,” he — mostly because they never heard of added. “The cats have all been given per- de Seve. One floating cat head Opening graphic Ten floating cat heads sonalities, [including] a streetwise cat and “Neither ‘Meow Mix,’ [sponsor] Del Let’s go crazy! a Texas cat. My show has these personali- Monte Foods nor [public relations firm] Personify cats Human role Host, voiceovers, ties. Our show is tongue and cheek. Their Grand Central Marketing have previous- Prince dropped in unexpectedly at the opening night of Celebrate laugh track show is tongue and cheek.” ly heard of or seen the program refer- Brooklyn last Thursday. The white-suited song-and-dance man jump- Those aren’t the only similarities. In enced by Mr. de Seve,” said Keith Fern- ed onto the stage just as headliner, saxophonist and sometime col- Friskies Buffet, Chicken Favorite cuisine Meow Mix both shows, “Meow” is the greeting of bach, a spokesman for the show. “The laborator, Maceo Parker, was beginning his encore. The fuchsia-fa- (NOT Meow Mix) choice. And both shows have a certain claims asserted by him have no merit.” voring funkster performed one seven-minute song from his new raunchy sense of humor. Me-ouch! album, “3121.” — Brendan Mysliwiec TAKING FITNESS TO NEW HEIGHTS OPENING IN BROOKLYN AUGUST ‘06 JOIN TODAY FOR PRE-OPENING RATES 89 MONTAGUE (SALES OFFICE) 718.522.7533 EQUINOXFITNESS.COM 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 June 24, 2006 Zigun wouldn’t comment on why the three-year-old BROOKLYN CIDC — the city entity charged with reinvigorating Coney Island — hadn’t yet in- cluded anyone from the amusement industry. DENTISTS DENTISTS “I don’t want to talk about BRIEFS the past,” said Zigun. “A new position has opened up, and I think the best possible person General and Implant We’ve Moved! was appointed.” Other Coney Islanders hold Dentistry Zigun in as much esteem as PARK SLOPE FAMILY Coney group he holds himself. “Dick is as much a part of ––––––––– Coney Island as the Board- , DDS Jeff C. Strachan DENTISTRY walk and the beach,” said 189 Montague St., Suite #800A –– 245 Fifth Avenue –– Chuck Reichenthal, district Brooklyn Heights loves Dick manager of Community between Carroll & Garfield Board 13, which includes ––––––––– The Brooklyn Papers member has come from the Mango / Greg Coney Island. • Bleaching/ZOOM 2 • Emergency Service (718) 783-0504 Dr. Andrew Warshaw Finally, someone from neighborhood’s amusement Zigun founded the Coney Office • Cosmetic Dentistry • Pediatric Dentistry Dr.