Park Slope One of Nation's "Dreamiest" Neighborhoods
Pushing aside concerns about stroller moms and stolen laptop computers, HGTV just named Park Slope one of the dreamiest neighborhoods in the country. Edged out by places like Sonoma, CA and Chicago’s Gold Coast, the Slope comes in at a respectable Number 7 and is cited for its “historic charm, top-notch restaurants and shopping, and…
Pushing aside concerns about stroller moms and stolen laptop computers, HGTV just named Park Slope one of the dreamiest neighborhoods in the country. Edged out by places like Sonoma, CA and Chicago’s Gold Coast, the Slope comes in at a respectable Number 7 and is cited for its “historic charm, top-notch restaurants and shopping, and proximity to Prospect Park.”
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On account of me not suffering emphysema and not being too old to walk uphill, I don’t even notice it. BTW, I don’t live in PS.
But for the record, I like “incidental” excercise, I always take the stairs instead of the elevator (as long as its not ridiculous) and I walk rather than just hopping into the car if its less than 20 mins away.
Oh jeez, do you guys really think HGTV saying this can save the inevitable decline of prices? I’m not expecting to snap something up for 1970s prices – more like 2002-4…
YIPPPE
Love the fact the photo is from South Slope too!
7th avenue and 16th street
gotta love that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS rocks
Ditto: Is it more charming then walking uphill to the subway every morning?
Infinitejester: Park Slope has a good bookstore, and two movie theaters….
“actual slope shape”
I’m with the DH. How does this contribute to making Park Slope “the best?”
Dirty: the perspective offered by undulating landscapes is often more pleasing than the flat-as-a-pancake type. If you don’t notice that, it wouldn’t figure on your list, but to many people it’s charming.
i think he’s referring to the fact that the borders of park slope and the main intersections are shaped like a peace sign.
*rob*
Funny how times change…
… when I was a kid Park Slope was one of those dodgy block by block places, and the park had some very dangerous spots.
I played little league baseball in the fields across from the park (not Park Slope, I know, but it makes me think of how the park area in general has changed). Nothing like sliding on “dirt” that was more broken glass and gravel then anything else.
Oh, how times they have changed…