Top Ten Brooklyn Stories of Last Decade?
Rich Calder of The Post takes a stab at defining the ten biggest Brooklyn stories of the last decade. It seems like a decent list to us, though we would have put the rezonings of Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg higher on the list. What about you? What’s missing or shouldn’t have made the cut? 1….
Rich Calder of The Post takes a stab at defining the ten biggest Brooklyn stories of the last decade. It seems like a decent list to us, though we would have put the rezonings of Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg higher on the list. What about you? What’s missing or shouldn’t have made the cut?
1. Atlantic Yards
2. The Fight (Sitt vs. Bloomberg) for Coney Island’s Future
3. Cyclones Arrive at Keyspan Park
4. Condos Added to Brooklyn Bridge Park Plan
5. Astroland Closes
6. Rezoning of Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg
7. Marty Markowitz Becomes Borough President
8. Clarence Norman Busted for Selling Judgeships
9. Ikea Comes to Red Hook
10. Opening of Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
Calder’s Honorable Mentions on the jump…
Brooklyn’s Top 10 Stories of the Decade [NY Post]
Honorable mention:
– Feds call for Superfund designation of Gowanus Canal;
– Jehovah Witnesses begin selling properties in Heights and DUMBO;
– Walentas continues transformation of DUMBO;
– Hasids and Hipsters fight over bike lanes in W’burg.
Photo by loop_oh
“suburban mindset”….
care to define Rob?
quote:
I think the biggest story, by far, is the renewed acceptance of urban living by the middle class, particularly the upper middle class. Brooklyn has been the biggest beneficiary of this trend.
um no. the only problem with newly accepted urbanity is that the suburban mindset has taken OVER nyc. total double-edged sword.
*rob*
I’ll post it here for you then, benson. I would want you to get your “v” all “s” by going over there!!!! LOL
FGVOTD….
Because of the abuse that benson took on yesterday’s Tuesday blogrwarp on the Caputos and “things Italian,” I submit Fergie as Saraghina inthe new movei “Nine.”
Be Italian…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5bbuXndMW4
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at January 6, 2010 9:18 AM
“None of this would have happened had it not been for the precipitous decline in crime.”
Truer words never spoken
DIBS;
I really appreciate the thought, but you don’t want me over there – believe me.
And now I’ll end with a statement that will make some folks’ blood boil. When history is written, the tag team of Giuliani and Bloomberg will be seen as the saviours of 20th century NYC, after more than 50 years of decline. None of this would have happened had it not been for the precipitous decline in crime.
Posted by: benson at January 6, 2010 10:00 AM
benson, I couldn’t agree with you more.
Did you see the FGVOTD I posted on your behalf in the OT????
Have a look.
I agree with many of you above. This list certainly isn’t complete nor reflective of noteworthy happenings. Why is Coney Island taking up 4 spots on the top 10 list? Shouldn’t the re-transformation of Coney Island just be 1 item?
I have to (gasp)agree with fsrg on the emergence of Brooklyn as the number one Brooklyn story of the decade. It’s been rather amazing.
Also, I would hardly call the Hipster/Hasid bike lane story one of the biggies of the decade.
I also don’t hear anything about the cruise terminal. How’s that working out? Do ships dock there?
I’ll take FSRG’s angle a bit further.
I think the biggest story, by far, is the renewed acceptance of urban living by the middle class, particularly the upper middle class. Brooklyn has been the biggest beneficiary of this trend.
In today’s opening link, there is a story that Harlem is no longer a majority black area. I’m sure this will produce some angst among black folks, to see such an iconic area change (much as Benshonhurst changing produced a similiar angst among Italian-Americans). However, I see it ultimately as a positive development, showing that NYC is once again a dynamic place.
And now I’ll end with a statement that will make some folks’ blood boil. When history is written, the tag team of Giuliani and Bloomberg will be seen as the saviours of 20th century NYC, after more than 50 years of decline. None of this would have happened had it not been for the precipitous decline in crime.