Redevelopment Roundup

Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times. Opponents helped stop a football stadium on the Far West Side of Manhattan. But so far, those against a new basketball arena in Brooklyn, like protesters on Tuesday fighting the plan and high-rises in Prospect

1. In Seattle, "Billionaire's plan to remake Seattle enclave sets off furor" which features a plan by Paul Allen, a Microsoft co-founder, to rebuild a goodly chunk of the South Lake Union area south of downtown.

2. Mayor Bloomberg doesn't get $1 billion to subsidize a New York Jets football stadium. See "Requiem for a Stadium: Overtures Came Too Late" and "Proposed Stadium on Far West Side Wrong for the Taxpayers and the Fans."

Angel Franco/The New York Times. The site of a new football stadium for the Jets, a proposal that was shot down by state lawmakers this week.

3. But Forest City/Ratner's plans to bring the New Jersey Nets to a new sports arena, and redevelop railyards is a textbook case in co-optation of opposition and the value of money. See "Unlike Stadium on West Side, an Arena in Brooklyn Is Still a Go" and "Miller Backs $3.5 Billion Plan for Brooklyn Sports Complex."