San Francisco of the East Coast
That’s what New York magazine is calling Ditmas Park, “the Victorian-packed enclave south of Prospect Park.” Its resemblance to the foggy city is listed as reason #39 to love New York, and it’s not just the “painted ladies,” those houses now fetching as much as $1.8 million, that bear a resemblance to San Fran. “You…
That’s what New York magazine is calling Ditmas Park, “the Victorian-packed enclave south of Prospect Park.” Its resemblance to the foggy city is listed as reason #39 to love New York, and it’s not just the “painted ladies,” those houses now fetching as much as $1.8 million, that bear a resemblance to San Fran. “You can also see similarities in the restaurant scene: The reigning culinary draw, the Farm on Adderley, references Chez Panisse (okay, that’s in Berkeley, not Frisco) in its strident locavorism and mismatched plates. And Ditmas’s tiny, cozy Cinco de Mayo can hold its own in the Mexican brunch department against the Mission District’s Pancho Villa Taqueria (although the latter’s burritos are admittedly better).” Perhaps most San Francisco-ish is the Ciy LIghts of the East Coast, Vox Pop, with its socialist literature and cappuccinos, “where, on a recent Sunday, you could order a Cesar Chavez personal pizza, buy lefty tracts, and listen to a live drum circle from a group called Manhattan Samba.” Still, a look at political contributions belies the neighborhood’s true colors: it actually leans toward the red.
Because Ditmas Park Is the New San Francisco [New York]
Photo by nicknormal.
I’d say it’s our West Philly.
We were pleasantly surprised at how nice Ditmas Park was when we visited but didn’t realize any similarities to SF.
Dave by “street people” did you mean the homeless population? Our only worry with DP was how it seemed vastly removed economically and socially from the surrounding neighborhoods but that can be said for lots of other places we guess.
Anyone who’s gone to the Mission District for Mexican knows that there are dozens of great places, not one like in DP. Taco Loco is far better than Pancho Villa.
Oh Lord. Okay.
Nokilissa….let’s go to the Open Thread and talk more about your sex research in SF. I’ve done quite a bit myself. 🙂
Yeah and Bed Stuy is the new Russian Hill!!!
Ah, Cobblehiller, did you? I lived there for one glorious summer in my early 20’s (sex research project for the Kinsey Institute). I always swore I’d live there someday, that I’d get back for good. Never did. Have visited several times through the years, have some friends who live there – well, now in Marin – but never really “got back”.
Absolutely zero comparison beyond a smattering of Victorian homes. And San Francisco is very, very, blessedly blue.
“You can also see similarities in the restaurant scene: The reigning culinary draw, the Farm on Adderley, references Chez Panisse (okay, that’s in Berkeley, not Frisco) in its strident locavorism and mismatched plates.
It was in the blurb up top!
One wag calls San Francisco “Brooklyn Heights on steroids.”