Atlantic Yards protesters, some top tens of 2009 & Mapping New York

Not far from my neck-of-the-woods, some Atlantic Yards resistance took a practice run at what could be the most easy form of protest - handcuffing oneself to a bar. When the wrecking-balls come in they'll do it for real protesters say.

Here's the link to what wikipedia describes the Atlantic Yards project as.

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Google Earth Blog's top 10 GE stories of 2009

Vector 1's top ten GIS of 2009

From Map Room: The Electoral Map reviews Mapping New York, a new book that looks at the cartographic history of New York City: “I expected a glossy table book, but what I got was a richly illustrated history of New York City with over 200 maps of its people, its landscape, its culture, its demographics, its neighborhoods, and of course its infrastructure.”