Brooklyn as a Tourist Destination
The headlines more or less say it all: And Maybe a Side Trip to Manhattan? and Fugheddaboud What You Think You Know About Brooklyn. That’s right, media outlets are once again pitching Brooklyn as a tourist destination and alternative to Manhattan. Two travel articles published this weekend in the Wall Street Journal and the Pittsburgh…
The headlines more or less say it all: And Maybe a Side Trip to Manhattan? and Fugheddaboud What You Think You Know About Brooklyn. That’s right, media outlets are once again pitching Brooklyn as a tourist destination and alternative to Manhattan. Two travel articles published this weekend in the Wall Street Journal and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review offer sample itineraries for short stays in Brooklyn. The Tribune-Review’s one-day rundown covers standard guidebook fare for a 24-hour visit (walk over Brooklyn Bridge-eat at Grimaldi’s-visit Prospect Park-go to the zoo or Botanic Gardens or Brooklyn Museum-stroll around Park Slope), while the Journal’s three-day itinerary suggests slightly more off-kilter activities, like taking a canoe trip on the Gowanus Canal and catching a show at the Lyceum. Hey, with all the hotels getting built, we’re certainly gonna need all the tourists we can get.
And Maybe a Side Trip to Manhattan? [Wall Street Journal]
Fugheddaboud What You Think You Know About B’klyn [Tribune-Review]
RE: WSJ article… Unless location plans have changed for the Aloft hotel and Sheraton, since when was Duffield st in DUMBO? It’s actually closer to Fort Greene.
They explicitly mentioned Two Toms in the article, and then segued to Tom’s.
I don’t think they are thinking of Two Toms. I think its Toms Restaurant on Washington–which is definitely a Brooklyn scene, even if the food is not that great, plus its right down the street from the Brooklyn Museum. I see tourists walking up and down Eastern Parkway to the museum all the time.
along clinton street in cobble hill – check.
“etc” – er, no, I don’t think so.
Actually, there are other places you can hail cabs. Like along Clinton Street in Cobble Hill. etc. I’m sure there are others. But anyway, I have seen tourists around in Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens/Brooklyn Heights. Usually looking at the architecture or eating on Smith. I can’t quite see Two Toms catering to them anytime soon. Maybe Ferdinando’s or Monte’s.
I think it’s quite clear that you, 11:23 are the one defeated. Your comments are moronic. at best.
To suggest that every apartment in Manhattan is more expensive than in Brooklyn or to criticize someone for preferring Brooklyn over Manhattan shows how completely idiotic you really are.
grammar, spelling and typos – the last refuge of the intellectually defeated.
“your an idiot”
no, actually you’re the idiot.
11:12 – for similar accommodations? – if so – your an idiot; Mall or not Manhattan is still significantly more expensive than Brooklyn.
These articles are nothing but good for Brooklyn and anyone who doesnt recognize that is simply a selfish NIMBY.