Where Is The New Brooklyn?
The Brooklyn brand has become synonymous with coolness, creativity and authenticity so much so that cities as far-flung and diverse as Anchorage and Doha, Qatar have joined Philadelphia and Baltimore on the list of spots being called the New Brooklyn. Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, says that Brooklyn has become…
The Brooklyn brand has become synonymous with coolness, creativity and authenticity so much so that cities as far-flung and diverse as Anchorage and Doha, Qatar have joined Philadelphia and Baltimore on the list of spots being called the New Brooklyn. Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, says that Brooklyn has become synonymous with gentrification (but, don’t worry, it’s the good kind of gentrification, he says—different from, say, the mall-ification of Soho). Brooklyn may become a victim of its own success, though, warns The Times: Now even Manhattan is being called the New Brooklyn.
Where Is the New Brooklyn? [NY Times]
“i’ll let u be in my dream if i can be in yours……..”
BD
Talkin’ WW III Blues…………
“The sun turned cold over President Street and
the town of the Brooklyn mourned . . .”
Bob Dylan
“Joey”
With Walmart looking to open on Union Square, Virgin Megastore in Times Square becoming a Forever 21 and a Starfuckers on every corner, I’d say Manhattan is a helluva lot more “suburban” than Brooklyn.
“brooklyn = an urban suburb of nyc. I KNOW brooklyn is nyc but really, it’s not.”
What?
Sure, if you completely re-define the word “suburb” to suit your liking, then your analysis is spot-on.
Otherwise, this comment is baffling. It’s like saying something in the Constitution is unconstitutional.
“Abu Dhabi and Dubai and Doha will compete for the “new Manhattan” title”
Having been to all three of those places, there is not a time in our lifetime in which you’ll see any of these 3 make a play for the “New Manhattan”
And I see nothing to warrant a comparison to Williamsburg in the slightest.
Dubai is in BAD shape right now. The city was built on speculation and future demand that now appears to be dwindling. 30-40% of all condos in Dubai are empty at this moment. It’s deserted compared to a year ago.
I’d say it has a lot more in common with Miami or Las Vegas than it does New York.
If Fort Greene had a couple of Ralph Lauren or Marc Jacobs boutiques, the West Village would be the new Fort Greene…although if the sea level rises any time soon Fort Greene won’t get flooded out the same way!
fsrq and others: you may laugh at Doha, but don’t count it out…although from personal experience I would say Bahrain has more future gentrification potential (roiling ethnic-religious politics, lack of tons of money, etc.). Abu Dhabi and Dubai and Doha will compete for the “new Manhattan” title, although there are parts of all three that will be more like Williamsburg than Midtown.
I’ve heard Park Slope referred to many times as the Berkeley of the East, but never Brooklyn as a whole. That is indeed crap, but I’ve found the PS reference not completely crazy.
> “The old Queens?”
You rang?