Dogpatch	DUMBO area in Brooklyn says "No!" to watchtower development
	Read the whole article at:  http://www.nypost.com/business/13351.htm December 14, 2003 -- Another real estate turf war is cooking in Brooklyn. This one squares off DUMBO dwellers against Jehovah's Witnesses, whose plans to build a massive housing complex has the trendy neighborhood residents from Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass fuming. The religious group recently applied for city rezoning to develop a six-building, 1,000-unit residential complex at 85 Jay St., directly adjacent to the only subway station in the red-hot 'hood. Locals are angry because they say the castle-like complex will detract from the developing area's industrial aesthetic and waste potentially valuable retail space in what could soon be a well-trafficked corridor. "This huge parcel is going to become the heart of the neighborhood, and we don't want our heart to be a fortress," said DUMBO Neighborhood Association President Nancy Webster.   There is also a website devoted to preventing the Watchtower from rebuilding their part of DUMBO. It would be good to write a letter. Who's up for a letter campaign? Randy Watters Net Soup!   http://www.freeminds.org   http://www.watchtowernews.org
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