Oct 17, 2013 2 min read ajani jones

The Day: No CB2 Love for Biggie Smalls, a Harvest Festival and Changes at Atlantic Yards

Just like this leaf, the colors of fall are popping up on corners across the nabe. (Photo by Brien Foy)

Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

We told you about a Community Board 2 meeting where members would discuss renaming the corner of Fulton Street and Saint James Place as “Christopher Wallace Way” in honor the famous rapper Notorious B.I.G. Though a petition shows support for the change, it was clear at the Transportation and Public Safety Committee meeting this week that the board was not in favor of the renaming, DNAinfo reported. Board members were quick to point out that the rapper dropped out of school, sold drugs and was arrested numerous times – a history the board did not feel warranted the honor.

What do you think, locals? Do Notorious B.I.G.’s transgressions outweigh his contributions to society? Does he still deserve the street renaming? Let us know in the comments.

Here’s more news to start your day:

Brooklyn company MakerBot will kick off its 2013-14 “New Directions” lecture series today at Brooklyn Technical High School with a lecture to students and faculty on “How 3D Printing is Fueling the Next Industrial Revolution.” Hosted by the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation, the program is the first in a series of lectures on new developments in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.
We’ve told you about the Fort Greene Park Conservancy‘s Halloween Festival and the 15th annual Great PUPkin dog costume contest on Oct. 26, but did you know that the Fort Greene Park Greenmarket is also holding its harvest festival on the same day? The festival, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., will have portraits, pumpkin painting, a raffle, an apple-cider donut eating contest and a cooking demonstration by Myrtle Avenue Eats Fresh community chef Roisin Wisneski.
In Atlantic Yards news, changes to the design of the 50-story tower known as B4 will be discussed tonight at an Empire State Development meeting at 9:30 a.m., according to the Atlantic Yards Report. To find out what changes are happening, head to the public meeting in the 37th-floor conference room at 633 Third Avenue in Manhattan.