April's Fools

Subject: April's Fools

from No Land Grab:
http://www.nolandgrab.org/archives/2006/04/the_only_thing.html

The only thing shrinking around here is...

Forest City Ratner has released their Final Scope of Analysis. Although claiming to have reduced the size of the project, it is actually 1 MILLION sq. feet larger than when announced in December of 2003.

Final Scope of Analysis

Forest City Ratner Press Release

DDDB analysis of FCR's April Fool's Joke

Media Regurgitation of FCR press release:

NY1: Developer Scales Back Nets Sports Complex Plans

New York Times: Arena Complex Shrinks by 5% in Latest Plan

New York Post: NETS ARENA WILL LOWER ITS PROFILE

The Real Estate: Ratner-Lite

and yeah, that morrissey djing at trash was also an april fools joke. not that I went.