A Couple of Things
Live and learn. We launched Brooklyn Record almost exactly a year ago with the idea that there was a whole lot of stuff going on in Brooklyn that had little to do with real estate and that wasn’t being adequately covered in any one blog. We still think it’s a valid concept but we’ve decided…
Live and learn. We launched Brooklyn Record almost exactly a year ago with the idea that there was a whole lot of stuff going on in Brooklyn that had little to do with real estate and that wasn’t being adequately covered in any one blog. We still think it’s a valid concept but we’ve decided to leave it to someone with deeper pockets to try and to stick to our knitting here at Brownstoner. It’s been hard trying to support two brands and creating artificial boundaries editorially; frankly, it’s also proven a lot harder to support a general interest blog with advertising. Going forward, some of the things we’ve been putting in the Brooklyn Record basket in recent months—like storefront openings and closings and the more human-interest side of real estate, for example—will find a home under the Brownstoner umbrella. Other topics, like kick-boxing classes and indie rock concerts aren’t going to make the cut.
In other news, we’re in the process of upgrading the site to a new system that will dramatically improve the user experience and strengthen the sense of community. Within the next few weeks, readers will be able to have their own profile pages which they can use to track comment threads, upload photos of their house or apartment and connect directly with other readers. The new system will also make the Forum much more flexible and user-friendly. We can’t wait.
Onward and upward.
Mr. B
The fact is, Mr. B., you had a great thing in both your endeavors: Brownstoner AND The Brooklyn Record.
It’s nobody’s fault that there is not enough money to support both. Fact is, The Brooklyn Record surrounded and completed the Brownstoner in regards to the Brooklyn experience. Folks read the Record and that’s what they needed.
They didn’t need to post, nor did they know that posting would keep their daily influx of neat news stuff alive.
I would have left a note (post) for my newspaper delivery girl every day if I knew that it would have prevented the possiblity that one morning I would go to the front door and find that my newspaper was no longer coming…AND that I couldn’t even go to a store to pick one up.
So, my thanks to you and your (ex)dedicated editor/staff for the total surround sound and view of Brooklyn.
Sad to see you go, but understand your position. It was Brooklyn Record that inspired me to start my own BK blog. Best of luck.
I’ll miss BR too. The blog roll was the way I navigated to all brooklyn blogs that I read. Brownstoner comments are almost as bad as curbed these days…
Aww, man. I will miss the BR, esp. the blog roundup. Ah well.
Kumera
I agree, cover retail. How about interesting vacant retail spaces as well?
Just adding myself to the long list of BR mourners……
Another one who read it EVERY day where will I turn to NOW???
“kick-boxing classes and indie rock concerts” as well as new food and people mean more to some of us permanently living here – they actually applied to daily life. And please keep the restaurant reviews!
God this makes me sad. I’m going to miss BR, it kinda rapped up brooklyn news and blogs in one handy page. I really don’t have time to riffle through all the trivial junk on other blogs. I trusted BR to link to something if it was worth while and it usually was. So sad too see it go.. sniff sniff… I loved the food reviews too!!! Whaaaa waaaahh sniff sniff
Restaurant and store openings ARE real estate related. If it weren’t for Solomon’s Porch, Bread Stuy, Brook’s Valley, Ibo Landing, and so on, I probably wouldn’t have bought a house in Bed Stuy.
Make a section for Brooklyn retail!