Burg Wants Cinema and Pharmacy—Not Galleries, Clubs
Greenstone Realty did a survey of 200 people roaming the streets of Williamsburg and published the results in its marketing brochure for The Edge’s retail space. The following is a sample of their retail wish list, in descending order: 177 respondents said they want a cinema, 140 want a pharmacy, slightly fewer want more clothing…
Greenstone Realty did a survey of 200 people roaming the streets of Williamsburg and published the results in its marketing brochure for The Edge’s retail space. The following is a sample of their retail wish list, in descending order: 177 respondents said they want a cinema, 140 want a pharmacy, slightly fewer want more clothing stores (129 described themselves as fashion freaks), and 129 want more food and gourmet markets. Clubs came in last, with only 29 respondents saying the neighborhood needs more places to get drunk and boogie. Second to last was (surprise!) galleries—39 people said they want more places to view and buy art. Other interesting tidbits: 82 people said they dislike the warehouses and manufacturing, and 101 said they dislike the neighborhood’s gentrification. Almost everyone felt there needs to be more retail. While 181 people said Williamsburg is “the coolest place in Brooklyn,” only 101 said it’s cooler than Manhattan. See the full results after the jump…
Burg Throwdown! The Edge vs. Northside Piers [Brownstoner]
Photo by everyplace.
Re: “…fellow condo owners who have own clothing/accessory lines and own 2 bars and are artists. or musicians or designers or anyone involved heavily in the fashion or editorial or photography businesses. – they just never going to feel comfortable around brownstone brooklyn types. or anyone in a corporate job period. or academics or lawyers or drab overweight underachievers who shop at the PS food coop…”
headdesk, headdesk, headdesk.
It’s amazing how much of a non-conformist you are! You’re one of those moms who complains about the Kool Man trucks on the hui, aren’t you?
I lived in williamsburg from 90-94. yes back in the dark ages. It was crappy then, still looks crappy just a lot more people and a lot more expensive. I suppose the hipsters that moved in in 02 are complaining about gentrification and the poseurs that moved into the burg in 05. You hipsters were wearing diapers when I lived there. Makes me laugh.
The guy with the pony tail, backpack, scruffy beard, and hat hanging down his back is Williamsburg personified.
white and under 25!
my how DIVERSE!!!!
Yup, all I see is white people on the bedford ave. platform. Now THAT’S what you call gentrification.
12:56,
those two male models bashed wburg for the same reason so many others do – they were priced out and feel the need to justify their decision.
but anyway, that’s just human nature.
for some reason people have no qualms about bashing a preference someone has for a particular neighborhood.
if you like country music and hate R&B, do you actively go bashing R&B every chance you get?
fortunately everyone is different, has different tastes, goals, lifestyles, etc. why is this so difficult to comprehend? how insecure can you be that you need to project all your negativity on others?
it would be interesting to do a psychological study on all you negative bitter people. i just can’t relate, but i’d like to better understand.
1:55 – no, not poseurs. more like very successful creative people and entrepreneurs. let me give you some examples – fellow condo owners who have own clothing/accessory lines and own 2 bars and are artists. or musicians or designers or anyone involved heavily in the fashion or editorial or photography businesses. – they just never going to feel comfortable around brownstone brooklyn types. or anyone in a corporate job period. or academics or lawyers or drab overweight underachievers who shop at the PS food coop. (ugh) i’ve lived in several brooklyn neighborhoods and i am not comfortable hanging out with the moms that were in my baby groups in PS years ago. people are different – that’s it! it’s just easier when you fit in with your neighbors.
so… if williamsburg is not for you, imagine that it is for people opposite or different than you.
agree with you 1:55. that’s exactly what wburg “culture” is about. they all define themselves by wither what they are not, or by whatever else is around them.
NO ONE is original.
funny also that as a rule, Park Slope is probably the most liberal neighborhood in NYC. it’s one of the things it oftentimes gets sh*t for. being SO liberal.
and last i checked, geek chic was the hottest look there is in 2008.
“could never stomach the conservative/anti-fashion/geeky/corporate types that’s found in droves in much of brownstone brooklyn” That just revealed exactly what the burg residents are: Posers. These wannabes define themselves by what they are not, instead of who they are.