A GENTRIFIED STREET IN WILLIAMSBURG

he look downtrodden and lost,
the saddest shibuya hipster of all.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/cops_haul_in_burg_lane_painters_3ozCy3Q2TI2wUska9wvBnM

this whole bike lane shit is ridiculous imo.

Many of the hipster cyclists wear too little clothing

cutty^

is that really why they removed it? they go too fast and wear too little clothing? because can't they just keep riding through without the lane
also lol @ We are New York City bicyclists and our message is clear

they're going to wear the same amount of clothing on bikes or not. wizzing by you'll see them for less time.

this is actually pretty funny, though incredibly sarcastic. yes, it calls my house 'krapp' and it's true, my bldg is nothing special or historical but whatever. once all those condos are done, we will be the poor ppl on the street! gentrification at work!
― tehresa, Saturday, May 12, 2007 10:36 AM

hahaha so funny because the ppl building the condos still hadn't finished *most* of them by the time i moved 2 years later, including the bldg next door which was just abandoned by the builder.

Hey brooklyn ppl. I will be in Williamsburg for a night next weekend and am trying to find a hotel near there or within a reasonable distance. Any suggestions or am I better off taking the train back into Manhattan and finding one there?

As far as I can tell, yr better off staying in another part of Brooklyn. I tried to find a hotel or b&b for my parents last weekend and they ended up staying at St Mark's Hotel right on Astor Place. There just wasn't anything remotely convenient or reasonably priced on the east side of Manhattan near the L train.

Maybe there's an East Village hostel or something that would work?

I don't know anyplace budget. This looks pretty good location wise:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60827-d1007626-Reviews-Hotel_Le_Jolie-Brooklyn_New_York.html

It's almost 200 a night but that's the same as what the Holiday Inn Express in Park Slope costs per night

this is kinda interesting

http://www.nylofthostel.com/

farther out on the L but cheap

ENBB u can sleep over my place

i'll get am0n to come

O_o

XD

and if youre gonna build ugly ass buildings somewhere it might as well be williamsburg since the pre existing buildings are also ugly ass

but like i said making pretty tall building is way preferable

building super tall buildings in Brooklyn is one more step towards nyc becoming the america blade runner, which is what everybody involved in the discussion agrees on is the best possible outcome

totally

i remember standing on the brooklyn bridge once looking all at midtown and downtown and north jersey and brooklyn and long island city and thinking this is a pretty cool ass place but you know what would even be cooler if it was like ten times as big <<an actually thought i had

this is a cool map btw http://bdon.org/2013/09/12/building-age-nyc

building super tall buildings in Brooklyn is one more step towards nyc becoming the america blade runner, which is what everybody involved in the discussion agrees on is the best possible outcome

convincing post, I rescind my objections

this is a cool map btw http://bdon.org/2013/09/12/building-age-nyc

― lag∞n, Wednesday, September 18, 2013 1:43 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wow. that's cool. if accurate my building in the slope is from 1899.

I was hanging out on the LIC waterfront recently and I thought it looked like it was designed for people who did not want to feel the slightest reminder that they were in New York City.

that is the most confusing thing about so much new construction

I sorta feel like a lot of people live in the city who actually hate living in the city (or cities).
and they don't know it yet about themselves, but I do.

maybe these buildings look like dorms and people are trying to relive their cool college years?

I sorta feel like a lot of people live in the city who actually hate living in the city (or cities).
and they don't know it yet about themselves, but I do.

― chinavision!, Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:11 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

I think those lower manhattan buildings are not bad looking, but what's going on in the lower sections -- is that like a parking garage or mall-style retail or something?

do you need me to read the article 4 u

The development would include retail markets, restaurants, office space, a movie theater, parks, an Andy Warhol Museum and 1,000 apartments.

kewl

busy ass spot to live at imho right at the foot of the bridge

i just hope it's not mall-style like south street seaport though -- the big footprint of the lower half of the building makes it look like some stuff must face the interior of the building. But maybe that's just the movie theater and "Andy Warhol Museum"

that's how I feel about all those new downtown BK buildings like Oro, you're living in a tower above a big congested Manhattan Bridge on-ramp (xpost)

that South Street Seaport mall closed! think they're just building a nicer mall there though basically

if i lived in a building w a movie theater id prob see every movie

xp yeah I know, it was a huge failure.

people who build malls inside of cities are disgusting savages imo

my building is from 1964, and i'm pretty sure the air conditioner is an original.

i look forward to when you can travel everywhere you need to go via sky bridges and you never need to touch the ground

http://i.imgur.com/EVY0NzD.jpg

acme smoked fish facility is on gem iirc

I fucking love Acme

Used to kill a tub of whitefish salad

Was just back in the Graham Ave area yesterday and was glad to see Carmine's is still going strong. Took the kids for a slice. So good.

anybody been to the Park Church Co-Op - the huge Lutheran cathedral on the edge of McGorlick park? Apparently they have movie showings and alcohol there now for some events?