Oh Brooklyn, My Brooklyn
29 July 2005 - 12:00pm
It's not so easy being a cheerleader for future-forward architecture when the future is right outside your window.
"Brooklyn has taken on a new sheen. Williamsburg has become a more powerful nightlife magnet than the East Village, a bustling theme park for artistically minded twentysomethings. Park Slope's Fifth Avenue now has the kind of dining typical of the Village or Soho. Beyond the Pastrami Box there is a lot of new construction. It's clear that my little corner of Brooklyn is on the verge of losing its humble workaday feel."
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Oh Brooklyn, My Brooklyn
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MetropolisMag.com, July 28, 2005
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