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Lode At Sites of Hotel Gets Final OKBoro%u2019s Baseball PastHistorian Tom Knight LeadsExploration of Sites of Brooklyn'sDiamond Glories, Page 37Jackson Says RightsResistance ContinuesBoard of Estimate Vote Tuesday ClearsWay for Start of New Hilton Hotel/Office Building Complex on Jay StreetBY ROB TAYLORA late evening decision by the Board of EstimateJune 17 has given the green light for the constructionof a new Hilton Hotel and a high-rise office complexat Renaissance Plaza, bringing an estimated 2,800new jobs to Downtown Brooklyn.By a vote of 9-2, the City%u2019s top body approved aseries o f resolutions that will turn land which is nowan underground parking garage and public park overto a private developer for construction o f the newproject %u2014 the second major new construction tocome to Downtown Brooklyn in a year.%u201c I%u2019m glad this long drawn out fight for Brooklynhas finally ended,%u201d said Brooklyn Borough PresidentHoward Golden moments after the vote came supporting the hotel project was passed at 9:30pm TuesdayContinued on Page 4SECTION 2%u2018Heaven%u2019 Coming to Seventh AvenueMystic TheaterAt The Anchorage'M emory Theater' Bridges thePast and Present; Page 11An Unusual Finaltxam in jazz ClassMiranda says. Lacking a coors tu a e m s n a y w n n M a s te r in dinator, the idea faded and then was picked up againa number of years later by the chamber o f commercewhich hired someone to direct the event. Since then,Continued on Page 7LIU Final Exam, Page 14 Fair coordinator Marianne Devlin and veteran organizerJacqui Miranda installing a poster boosting the event.(Phoenix/Pearson Photo)