'Port Sleene'? Yeah, That Has Quite a Ring to It
Brooklyn Paper columnist Dana Rubinstein spies a new maybe-trend: The Slope-ification of Fort Greene. Evidence? More boutiques, more strollers, more white people, more coffee shops, more high-end grocers like Union Market coming. It’s a glass half-empty sorta thing (“Fort Greene has acquired a distinctly less edgy vibe. Stores cater to the arrived, rather than the…
Brooklyn Paper columnist Dana Rubinstein spies a new maybe-trend: The Slope-ification of Fort Greene. Evidence? More boutiques, more strollers, more white people, more coffee shops, more high-end grocers like Union Market coming. It’s a glass half-empty sorta thing (“Fort Greene has acquired a distinctly less edgy vibe. Stores cater to the arrived, rather than the up-and-coming, the mainstream, rather than the avant-garde.”) but hey, at least the water is designer (“there are far worse things than looking like Park Slope”). And of course, what trendspotting nabe article would be complete without a couple possible new names for the area: “Park Greene. Or Fort Slope. Or Port Sleene.” Wait a sec, has Fart Grope been spoken for?
My Copycat Neighbors [Brooklyn Paper]
Fort Greene photo by Daniel A. Norman; Slope photo by wallyg.
The last U.S. Census was 2000! What a joke. The demographics in some Brooklyn neighborhoods have been changing on a yearly basis. Park Slope is very different than it was in 2000.
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I wasn’t even talking about stats, 5:23. Like not a bit. So why are you talking about stats?
Nobody gives a rats a** what the last census said about Park Slope. It’s all about its broad perception and identity and Park Slope has no other identity whatsoever than being a wealthy family-oriented neighborhood.
“So where does Park Slope hide all the black people because everytime I go there I just see white obnoxious white people who think they are better than everyone else.”
It’s nice that you don’t generalize. Where does your hate come from. There was an article in CNN.com today how people’s worst sides come out in blogs because they are anonymous. So 6:48, that side is pretty ugly.
So where does Park Slope hide all the black people because everytime I go there I just see white obnoxious white people who think they are better than everyone else.
I LIVE IN FORT GREENE…IT HAS ITS UPSIDES AND DOWNSIDES.
I LIKE PARK SLOPE…
I’M PAST THE AGE, WORK TOO MUCH AND DEAL WITH FAMILY THE REST OF THE TIME SO DO NOT CARE WHICH NABE HAS MORE BARS PER CAPITA OR BETTER BARS IN GENERAL…
FORT GREENE CERTAINLY HAS SOME AMUSING MOMENTS. IT’S MORE DYNAMIC, STILL THESE DAYS, THAN THE RITZ AVENUES AND STREETS OF THE SLOPE…FOR SURE…AND THE COMMUNITY GARDEN WE BELONG TO IS WAY MORE LAID BACK.
I ACTUALLY FIND THE PEOPLE IN FG ARE FRIENDLIER THAN IN PARK SLOPE. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NEWBIES WHO SEEM RATHER DISCONNECTED, EVEN THEY CAN BE A LITTLE MORE FRIENDLY THAN IN THE SLOPE.
SEE, THE SLOPE FEELS “BIG CITY-ISH”, WHEREAS, FORT GREENE FEELS MUCH MORE VILLAGESQUE AND THE PEOPLE ACT ACCORDINGLY. IT REALLY IS LIKE A SMALL VILLAGE WHERE, ON A SUNNY WEEKEND YOU CANNOT GOT DOWN YOUR BLOCK IN LESS THAN 45 MINUTES WHAT WITH 3 CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS…WHICH CAN BE VERY NICE. THE GREEN MARKET ON SATURDAYS IS VERY INTIMATE COMPARED TO GRAND ARMY PLAZA’S.
JUST A VERY DIFFERENT SCALE.
I DIDN’T NOTICE MUCH WRITTEN ABOVE REFERENCING THE IDEA/SENSE OF SCALE AND HOW IT IMPACTS SOCIAL RELATIONS.
Fort Greene is for wannabes 6:10. Why don’t you keep it real and come back to the REAL hood?
Can i get 250 posts? Come on 2 fiddy where you at!
those park slope kids in the strollers will turn into rebllious angry teens who hate their parents.
I think everyone’s inner adolescent is on display in this thread.