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Story of the year: NY Times discovers Brooklyn

Did anyone else fall in love with Brian Williams for his diatribe about the New York Times discovering Brooklyn? ("There are young men and women wearing ironic glass frames on the streets! There are open air markets, like trading posts in the early Chippewa tribe, where you can make beads at home and then trade them for someone to come over and start a small fire in your apartment that you share with nine others! Artisanal cheeses! For sale, on the streets of an entire American borough!")

http://www.brokelyn.com/the-brian-williams-new-york-times-video-annotated/
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBk that was way funny...
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
So cute.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
That is priceless. I love how dry his delivery is. What a wanker that writer is.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
Right? I gotta get to one of those flash artisanal markets....
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Is it safe to venture out to Brooklyn? Aren't the inhabitants...savage?
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish ha!
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
Whilst hanging out in Williamsburg, my friends who reside in the city always make jokes about being shot.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
Agree with JenMac, I love his dry delivery and how he just keeps going! He had to have practiced that ahead of time.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
I wanna get on the flash artisanal market too! Hit that up and then stare at the cool inhabitants with their horn rimmed glasses and foreign adornments.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
I really think he's captured the spirit of hipster irony as well.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
I wonder if the NY Times will ever write another article on the magical wonders of Brooklyn?
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
I watched the video and had to smile. It was funny in a way. Brian's take on Brooklyn. I haven't been to Brooklyn in over a year. I have heard people say to stay away from Brooklyn or you'll get shot. But the way he describes it makes you want to take a look.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
I usually love the New York Times. God bless its coddled Manhattanite highbrow irrelevance! (no, in all serious, I read The Ethicist and Social Qs religiously!)
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@hhusted Obviously you don't read the New York Times if you still think you're likely to get shot anywhere in Brooklyn. I mean, it's not impossible, but....

@ajadedidealist Both great columns. My religion tends to stick with Modern Love and the entire Sunday Real Estate section.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK I have been subscribed to the online edition of the NYT for years and read everything and anything. Love Thomas Friedman and of course the real estate section..
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl and BroadwayBK: I do have a subscription to the online version of the NY Times, but haven't been to the site in over a year. I just don't get time to.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
Or, any other publication, obviously, if you think you'll be shot in Brooklyn any more than you would be in Manhattan. Yep, the perilous danger and exotic flavors of Cobble Hill. And, the stroller brigade in Park Slope? They may as well be guerillas . . . . it's a war zone out there. Don't let the brownstones fool you kids.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@JenMac LOL
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@JenMac: Drug zones are everywhere. They will get you, so you better stay off their turf, if you don't want to get hurt. :)
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
Ahahaha! hhusted, I'm pretty sure you can shot outside of a "drug zone" too. After all, John Lennon was shot outside of the Dakota, and I doubt there are many cartels in that neighborhood.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
The NYTimes discovered Bed-Stuy: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/love-family-and-change-in-brooklyn/?src=tptw

Some of these pics date back to 2006, so I guess the paper knew about the neighborhood even then. Some really beautiful pics.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
@neversleeps: so, then is this the north brooklyn renaissance according to NYT?
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Neversleeps those are some gorgeous photos! thanks for the link.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps Those are some awesome pics. Can't believe anyone could make Bed-Stuy look so good; I think I'm going to have to check out that guy's show this summer.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
So I thought Brooklyn was emptying out in the great Manhattan land grab, now that the recession is driving Manhattan prices down people are crossing the water? Is the NYT not in on this?
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish My guess is that we'll hear about it next year. Have you seen any stories on the topic elsewhere?
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