This summer, DUMBO’s waterfront received a Cinderella makeover that began to transform our ugly industrial piers into the beginnings of a verdant stretch of urban oasis, a.k.a, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Haven’t had a chance to check it out yet? Here’s what you’ll see: Pier 1: A rolling, sapling-lined lawn, right off of the Brooklyn Promenade—an [...]
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Neighborhood Erotica: Gowanus
Gowanus is the boyfriend you date to make your parents mad. He’s a little bit scary, a little bit scarred, and a little bit dirty. But he’s also pretty exciting, and even though he’s the drummer in a band, that band released an LP of nursery rhymes last year. Out of place amidst two of [...]
Neighborhood Erotica: NYC’s Financial District
The southern part of the Financial District, near the port of the Staten Island Ferry, is like the boyfriend you date because he looks good. He impresses your friends with the girth of his buildings, and everyone wants to rub the manbits of his Charging Bull for luck. But you sort of wish he wouldn’t [...]
Neighborhood Erotica: Tudor City
The first time I ever laid eyes on Tudor City, I was already heavily involved with another neighborhood and wasn’t even looking for a little action on the side, let alone to be entirely swept off my feet. I knew from the first encounter that the neighborhood, a relatively unknown section of Midtown East, wasn’t [...]
