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“transformation,” “unprecedented,” and “of watershed importance” was how Bloomberg and the council members described the plan, which calls for the creation of as many as 28 towers ranging from 20 to 40 stories along this long derelict section of the Brooklyn coast line.

Well, there goes the neighborhood. Between this, the lack of progress on the downtown development and the West Side stadium - Mikey B. is proving himself to be an even more imperious ruler than Rudy G - hard to believe.

And on the other side...

Last week, Eisenberg led a coalition of manufacturers who launched orange balloons on 400-foot lengths of fishing wire to illustrate just how tall the mayor’s proposed towers would be.

“We’re calling it the Brooklyn Gates, because it symbolizes our opposition to what they’re building on the waterfront, which is gated communities,” Eisenberg says.

“Four hundred feet—that’s taller than the Williamsburg bridge,” she adds. “Business like ours can’t survive with that kind of real estate pressure. Once the property values rise, we’ll have no choice but to sell out.”

It turns out the police also seem to think 400 feet is too high. Last week, they ordered the balloons lowered to 100 feet, claiming they were a flight hazard.