Pat on the Back for Park Slope
It’s rare to see an article these days that simply praises Park Slope for what’s good about it without the requisite stabs at stroller moms and celebrity sightings. The inclusion of the leafy brownstone neighborhood in the American Planning Association’s list of the 10 best neighborhoods provided just such an occasion. The first-annual effort by…
It’s rare to see an article these days that simply praises Park Slope for what’s good about it without the requisite stabs at stroller moms and celebrity sightings. The inclusion of the leafy brownstone neighborhood in the American Planning Association’s list of the 10 best neighborhoods provided just such an occasion. The first-annual effort by the D.C.-based group also included spots like San Francisco’s North Beach and Buffalo’s Elmwood Village. What grabbed the judges’ attention about the Slope? “It’s got a lot of past, but it has also evolved and has a lot of vibrancy in the present,” said association spokesman Denny Johnson. Johnson also praised the area’s architecture and proximity to a wealth of cultural institutions. In a surprise moment of boosterism, Boro Beep Marty Markowitz agreed: “Park Slope has it all…great shopping and eateries, the creative arts…and a long tradition of progressive politics and activism.” So there you have it, folks.
Slope Named One of U.S.’s Best Nabes [NY Daily News]
Photo by Robert Catalano
“No neighborhood in America has a finer and more intact collection of late 19th-century row houses than Park Slope,” notes architectural historian and Columbia University professor Andrew Dolkart. “Block after block is virtually unaltered, with houses ranging from grand townhouses designed by Brooklyn’s leading architects, to long rows of vernacular speculator-built housing designed by the obscure architects who provided character to so many urban neighborhoods.”
Park Slope has a little bit of everything: stately brownstones, attractive apartment buildings, a farmer’s market, independently owned businesses, transit, an adjoining park, and active residents, some of whom moved to the area as urban homesteaders when it was being abandoned in the 1960s…Historic in design and modern in amenity, the livability of Brooklyn’s Park Slope is no hyperbole. Its architectural, recreational, transportation, and community assets all combine to make it a great community of lasting value.
that’s your heart that’s empty and hollow, 10:58.
What a great slogan…
“just real…the Slope, not trying to be anything except a great place to live.”
Only, it sounds as empty and hollow as the neighborhood.
tons of hot lezzies in the slope.
you aren’t lookin hard enough.
lots of gay men as well it seems.
nanny nanny pooh pooh
I love the way white people curse.
fo’ shizzle
“Guess lipstick lesbians dont exist.”
What? This city is so filled with hot lipstick lesbians that even Helen Keller could spot them.
Hey guest 12:18, have seen any pretty lesbians? I’m still trying to find some. Guess lipstick lesbians dont exist.
I think Park Slope is a great neighborhood for someone who is over 30 and is married. If you like kids, its great…It has a funky liberal but conservative feel. A paradox? The best part is you can roll out of bed put on some wholey jeans, a ratty graphic tshirt and throw a hat on your wild hair and be comfortable… No pretense yet still a weird mix of both upscale and downscale…Again a paradox? It’s not the wanna be hipster Williamsburg, or the can’t afford Tribeca so I moved to Dumbo, its just real…the slope, not trying to be anything except a great place to live.