Our Borough, Ourselves
For the past month the Observer’s been running a weekly column called “Brooklyn, the Borough.” Each installment is a first-person account written by Nicole Brydson, who grew up in Manhattan and did some time in Greenpoint and Hell’s Kitchen before recently settling in Prospect Heights. In grand old Observer fashion, the column sorta reads like…
For the past month the Observer’s been running a weekly column called “Brooklyn, the Borough.” Each installment is a first-person account written by Nicole Brydson, who grew up in Manhattan and did some time in Greenpoint and Hell’s Kitchen before recently settling in Prospect Heights. In grand old Observer fashion, the column sorta reads like “Sex and the City,” but instead of bed-hopping and social climbing the focus is one woman’s quest to identify herself via her new borough. Here’s what Brydson’s learned so far:
Lesson 1: Finding the right neighborhood is tough. Williamsburg=”hupsters.” Park Slope=”pretentious mommy-daddy colony.” Fort Greene=”just about perfect,” but a little too pricey. Prospect Heights=True love, at the right price.
Lesson 2: It’s possible to decorate on the cheap. Getting gear from Lowe’s and IKEA is all well and good, but how ’bout that beige carpet from the sidewalk? “So far, no bed bugs!”
Lesson 3: Gentrification is a bitch. “I feel destined to simultaneously be gentrified and gentrifying, but to most people I just look like the new white girl on the block.”
Lesson 4: Don’t expect sanity from a real estate agent who asks you to sign a lease on the hood of her Jag.
Looking forward to more!
Escaping Hupsters for New Prospects [Observer]
An Electric Boyfriend Works the New Apartment [Observer]
Destined to Be Gentrified and Gentrifying [Observer]
My Angel Gave Me Hell [Observer]
Ft. Greene is nice if you like white people who act like they’re black.
Fort Greene is almost perfect. Only problem is that it’s a little too pricey but besides that it’s an amazing neighborhood.
Prospect heights will be gentrified just like park slope in a few years with all the strollers. Crown heights will follow a few years after that. And if AY is built brooklyn will be finished.
This girl seems really obnoxious. She is no different from any other gentrifier.
1:22 I don’t close until sometime in Fall ’08 but I am extremely excited. My bonus is a little down this year but I still have plenty for my downpayment. I feel that Prospect Heights is a neighboorhood of evolution that is just waiting to be discovered by the newly upwardly mobile. I feel like in some ways I am in the vanguard but that’s the way I roll.
C-M-L posted at 10:26; 12:32; 12:59 & 1:22
how much more can I post – 2:40 I really don’t get it?
C-M-L
Every think that maybe The What = Crazy Man Lady?
The crazy man lady is home drawing his wife a bath, while fanning her with fig leaves.
The articles suck and the reporter is bad.
The snarky comments on this site are infinitely more interesting – even without the What.
Where is the Crazy Man Lady?
I didn’t like the “writing” but I loved her sexy outfit! And the “I’m 26 but kinda look 36” look.
I found the article entertaining. I chuckled a few times and could see the scenarios being played out. I was born and bred in brooklyn (40 years), 5 nabes to my belt. no big deal, every article does not have to be informative news. could be meant to be plain silly (to entertain!) keep writing. I will read it.