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]
agreed. i pay more to live in park slope then i did while living on the upper west side.
and if you gave me a million bucks today, i wouldn’t move back to manhattan.
people who assume everyone MUST prefer manhattan over brooklyn are ignorant.
ignore them.
10:30: Manhattan is a mall with no charm & I pay more here than I did there. Nice try, though. I’d return that crystal ball of yours, I think its broken.
“Take a short cab ride (or a 30-minute walk) to Tom’s Restaurant in Prospect Heights”
There are no cabs in Brooklyn, except the ones parked at the depot next to Hotel Le Doom.
actually its hilarious
good article.
i’ve noticed A TON of tourists in park slope this year.
met a couple from amsterdam the other night at union hall. they said they’ve been hearing a lot about brooklyn…mainly from lonely planet and other friends who have come to the states.
10:40: That’s offensive.
Brooklyn is ok except for the guidos.
Yeah, that’s a dream vacation–canoe the Gowanus, do a walking tour of the brownfields in Greepoint, then maybe drinks at that lap-dance bar by the Navy Yard. Who needs Paris?
Me thinks you move to Bklyn because you couldn’t afford Manhattan. 😉