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
i went into a bunch of antique/extensive junk shops on altantic ave on sunday and it wasnt that crowded but there was a good amount of people out.
however I somehow found myself at Patio on saturday and it was a shitshow.
I do, in fact talk to the shop owners who I know from living here, (and yes, shopping!) over the last couple years. I enjoy talking to them, getting to know their names and asking them how business is doing…
Doesn’t say much about you that it makes you angry that someone would be saying nice things about the neighborhood you live in.
“atlantic yards already exists #1. It is a rail yard.”
it correct. that rail yard is called Vanderbilt Rail Yard. nobody would have called it Vanderbilt Yards or Atlantic Yards before Ratner proposed his project.
so #1 is correct.
Whoops, I meant “decent” and not “descent.”
Freudian slip, I reckon.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled Fort Greene programming.
well have fun with those storeowners 11217 who seem to do nothing but sit on their macbooks in empty stores all along 5th. sorry but i do walk up and down 5th every single day at all hours. and it’s dead as a doornail. you are the biggest park slope pimp on this board! you make stuff up. you did not talk to shop owners this weekend about their business. that is ridiculous. oh wait maybe you did. i bet 500 of your friends just bought condos or co-ops in the neighborhood too. grrrr you make me so angry sometimes
*rob*
Sorry, no more Park Slope talk.
This is Ft. Greene’s moment in the sun.
quote:
How would you know what is and is not packed when you’ve lived here since July?
uh cuz everything looked empty?
*r*
Rob,
1. Others here are commenting on it besides me.
2. You’ve said before that you don’t leave a 5 block radius of your house so how the hell would you know what’s packed and what’s not?
3. I think store owners know better than you how they’re doing financially.
Apologies for slopejacking this thread.
Dave – do you really believe one weekend of descent shopper turnout is going to right this sinking ship?