Monthly Archives: March 2011

March 25th, 2011 — In News & Events

Eminent domain documentary “Battle for Brooklyn” world debut April 30 at Hot Docs Film Festival

“Battle for Brooklyn,” the documentary film about the Atlantic Yards Project (our previous AY posts are available here) in Brooklyn, NY, will make its world premier at the prestigious Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in the World Showcase program on April 30, 2011 at 7:00 PM in Toronto.

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March 23rd, 2011 — In News & Events

Planning for the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference in Beijing is underway

The Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference began in 2004 at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary. Annually the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference awards the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Prize to an individual whose work has advanced the cause of property rights and has contributed to the overall awareness of the important role property rights occupy in the broader scheme of individual liberty.

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March 3rd, 2011 — In News & Events

Alexander Hamilton was a “Holdout”

According to an article published February 20, 2011, in Crain’s internet magazine, NewYorkbusiness.com, “Holdouts dig in at Willets Point”, the local business owners are fighting City efforts to turn the 62 acre area into a mixed-use development.

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