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<DESCRIPTION>JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
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                                                                      Exhibit 1




                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

     In  accordance  with Rule 13d-1 (f) under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934,  as amended,  the  undersigned  hereby  agree to the joint filing with all
other Reporting Entities (as such term is defined in the Schedule 13G) on behalf
of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13G  (including  amendments  thereto)
with  respect  to the  Common  Stock,  $.33 1/3  par value per  share,  of
Forest City Enterprises,  and that this  Agreement  be included as an Exhibit
to such joint  filing.  This  Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts all of which  taken  together  shall  constitute  one and the same
instrument.

                  IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  hereby  execute  this
Agreement this 10th day of January, 2002.

                                            EQSF ADVISERS, INC.

                                            By:/s/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
                                            --------------------------
                                            Martin J. Whitman
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                            M.J. WHITMAN ADVISERS, INC.

                                            By:/s/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
                                            --------------------------
                                            Martin J. Whitman
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                                            /s/   MARTIN J. WHITMAN
                                            --------------------------
                                             Martin J. Whitman


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