I know I sound like an old curmudgeon punk when I say that Im totally sick of this brand they call Brooklyn. But its true. Im sick of Brooklyn the look, Brooklyn the cool and Brooklyn the aesthetic. And Im especially tired of Brooklyns monolithic tourist trap, Williamsburg, which looks like its been branded by the Portland agency Wieden + Kennedy. If I see another Edison light bulb or indie, vintage-furnished Ace-style hotel open up, or one more white, bearded, tattooed, apron-clad, work-booted hipster standing behind the counter of a shop selling pork bellies, small-batch gin, organic barber shop products or old-school, authentic, artisanal, heritage, sustainable, distressed-looking anything, I swear I will throw up. Breaking news, kids: This is not the Pacific Northwest! --Kim Hastreiter
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:08:33 +0000
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