The Times Wraps Its Arms Around Fort Greene
“Fort Greene is Brooklyn’s latest culinary mecca, bewitching foodies with hip, minimalist restaurants. Or it’s a bastion of African-American pride and culture, a historic home to a vibrant community of black families. Or the artistic center of the borough, laying claim as it does to the multifaceted Brooklyn Academy of Music (a k a BAM)….
“Fort Greene is Brooklyn’s latest culinary mecca, bewitching foodies with hip, minimalist restaurants. Or it’s a bastion of African-American pride and culture, a historic home to a vibrant community of black families. Or the artistic center of the borough, laying claim as it does to the multifaceted Brooklyn Academy of Music (a k a BAM). Or maybe it’s the new roost of the nouveaux riches, with pricy brownstones and new luxury condominiums dotting its map. What new and old residents have found is that Fort Greene plays all of these roles with grace and aplomb. It is a busy, blooming hybrid whose slate-sidewalk streets somehow retain their serenity. No one is in a hurry — even as newcomers rush in from all corners of the city to live here.” — NY Times
Photo by Tracy Collins
As a Park Sloper, I’m thrilled about all the press Ft. Greene has gotten. It deserves it, and we have enough people already. I guess it was just the first weekend of nice weather, but 7th and 5th were PACKED on Saturday. I talked to a few shop owners yesterday, and they said that they did excellent business this weekend. Great news all around.
“Or maybe it’s the new roost of the nouveaux riches, with pricy brownstones and new luxury condominiums dotting its map. What new and old residents have found is that Fort Greene plays all of these roles with grace and aplomb. It is a busy, blooming hybrid whose slate-sidewalk streets somehow retain their serenity. No one is in a hurry — even as newcomers rush in from all corners of the city to live here.” — Sometimes I want to gag when these NYTimes writers try to be so flowery and poetic.
AGree with Biff. Press or no press,nothing is going to make hordes of folks come to any neighborhood right now. Folks hoping that their neighborhood gets none or bad press come across a bit as ostriches hoping that because their heads are buried in sand nobody can see them. As a Clinton Hill resident and frequent Fort Greene visitor I welcome good press for our neck of the woods.
Pure infomercial. [Please buy in Fort Greene. Our advertisers are suffering.]
***Bid half off peak comps***
Come on Park Slopers, what say you?
“Here come the hordes…”
As desirable as Fort Greene may be, I don’t think there are hordes of people buying (or selling) these days.
Last NYT write up 9/1/02
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/01/realestate/01LIVI.html?ex=1031910708&ei=1&en=a4b623836863018f
agreed, bkre. as another fg resident, I hate to see all this press.
katiebk – As someone else who loves FG, I’m not happy at all to see the hood get all this press. Here come the hordes…
Jelly donut – the rail yard is called “Vanderbilt Yards”. Atlantic Yards is the name of a real estate project which may or may not ever happen. The nomenclature distinction is a pet peeve of norman oder…