Manhattan Is to Brooklyn As...
In a rather glowing profile of The Developers Group today, The Daily News cites one sales strategy of its founder, Elan Padeh: He asks prospective Brooklyn buyers which neighborhoods they like in Manhattan, and then directs them towards their Brooklyn equivalents. Here’s how he lines them up: Park Slope = Upper West Side Williamsburg =…

In a rather glowing profile of The Developers Group today, The Daily News cites one sales strategy of its founder, Elan Padeh: He asks prospective Brooklyn buyers which neighborhoods they like in Manhattan, and then directs them towards their Brooklyn equivalents. Here’s how he lines them up:
Park Slope = Upper West Side
Williamsburg = East Village + Tribeca
Fort Greene = West Village
Dumbo = Soho
Carroll Gardens = Nolita
Pretty accurate, we’d say. What are some others?
How a Sales Team Led Borough’s Condo Push [NY Daily News]
Photos by lukasspee and Voice of Fox
Hey, where drifting away from comparisons with famous New Yorkers, but what the heck:
BHO = Carlton Sheets of late-night infomercial fame
“I bought this house with no money down! You can do it too”
Are you accusing Mr. Snark of marrying his much younger adopted stepdaughter???
Please don’t insult Jerry Sienfeld or Lewis Black by making those comparisions 🙂
And most of all don’t insult Snarkslope by comparing him to David Letterman.
Snark Slope = Woody Allen
What = Al Pacino (I always read his rants in my head in the voice Al Pacino uses in the devil’s advocate)
What is Nat Turner
Montrose is Harriet Tubman
cobblehiller- you realize, of course, you will ALWAYS be a follow after me in the SOTD’s 🙂
Montrose = Mother teresa (she will so kill me for that)
Biff = Brad Pitt (to BRG’s Jolie)
benson = dick cheney
dave = Rupert Everett
BRG = Julia Louis Dreyfus
denton = Ben Franklin
cobblehiller= Tina fey
snarkslope = Snidely Whiplash
rob = Spongebob Squarepants
nokilissa= Helen Mirren (but much younger)
What = Lewis Black on steroids
Noki: Paul Schaeffer
Snarkslope = Bill Murray
Cobblehiller = Bonnie Hunt
Bxgrl = Judy Davis
Sam = insert smart, wry curmudgeon
What =
Oh! Paul Schaffer…Dave = Paul schaffer.