In Fort Greene, for example, which borders the project site to the north, average apartment prices rose faster from 2004 to 2005 than in any other Brooklyn neighborhood.
The city of West Hollywood, which borders the project to the west and the south, opposed the project, citing concerns over sewer maintenance, site access, traffic light upgrades and pedestrian safety.
It's understandable that residents bordering the project do not want such drastic change, but that in itself is no reason to stop the development.
Ryan Lizza reports that, because the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline crosses an international border, the project will require approval by the State Department and by the President ("The President and the Pipeline," September 16th).
After attracting 2 million South Korean tourists by sea or by a road built across the nations' heavily armed border, the project came to an abrupt halt in 2008, after the female South Korean tourist strayed outside the tourism zone one morning and was shot and killed by North Korean soldiers.
Because the XL pipeline crosses the US/Canada border, the project requires presidential permit prior to construction.
Because the pipeline would cross an international border, the project must be reviewed by the State Department and approved by the president.
Although a 5,200-space 5,200-spaceage parking by developers would take care of employee parkingarageitors would plannedy park on residential streets byrdevelopers project, the report said.
Because the pipeline, which will carry 830,000 barrels of oil each day from Alberta, Canada to US refineries on the Gulf Coast, crosses an international border, the project requires certification from the executive branch that construction is in the "national interest".
By 1935, the intended height of the dam was increased from a range between 200 and to 500 feet, a height that would extend the lake impounded by the dam all the way to the Canadian border; the project had grown from a local New Deal relief measure to a major national project.
Although Ventura County has approved a revised environmental impact report and the tract map for the first phase of Ahmanson Ranch, officials in Los Angeles and Calabasas -- cities bordering the project -- are seeking to block the development, citing concerns about water and other land-use issues.
