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]
The new Brooklyn is right here in brownstone Brooklyn–no way it could be replicated elsewhere!
Manhattan is now suburb of itself. The real NYC only exists in cyberspace!
Up until the Great Mistake of 1898, Brooklyn was an independent, sister city to Manhattan, and was the 4th largest city in the country. At the time the 5 boroughs were annexed to create the greater New York City, many people thought that doing so was a big mistake, and history may prove they weren’t all that wrong. Brooklyn’s affirmative vote did not pass by a huge margin.
Of course there are huge advantages to being part of NYC, but the fact remains that we have always had a very independent identity, a unique sense of place, and our developement and history is all our own. I’m proud to tell people I’m from Brooklyn. When asked if I live in NYC, I always say “I live in Brooklyn.”
brooklyn = an urban suburb of nyc. I KNOW brooklyn is nyc but really, it’s not. brooklyn is the new cool? but really, how many of you really liked cool people anyway? i think the bronx is much cooler. actually queens is kinda cool too. but bronx, brooklyn, queens, and the other place = suburbs of nyc. deal. with. it.
*rob*
How embarrassing…
“I got your new Brooklyn… Right Here”
Hmmm, it’s a lot smaller than I thought. 🙂
I want the Old Brooklyn back.
I got your new Brooklyn… Right Here
While the Times is still a solid paper there are quite often articles in it that to me have a very stupid editorial bent to them…the Book Review isn’t even worth reading anymore….