While in Williamsburg this weekend, I found this pr display put on by a real estate development company on Bedford Avenue. Developers aren't looked on favorably anywhere in NYC but they are especially scorned in Williamburg, an area poised to go from hipster central to condoburg if the developers have their way. The purpose of this display is to build neighborly good feelings, starting with the question, "Who are we?"
The adjacent window responds with answers that try too hard:
We are your neighbor
We bring our kids to play at the playground
We wait an hour for really good mac n cheese
We know all the drink specials in town
We stroll around Bedford on a Sunday afternoon
We are standing next to you on the L-train
Really, who waits an hour for mac 'n' cheese, except for a yuppy ready to spend $12 on a plate of food that costs pennies to make? Those little white rectangles are stickers that a local added to answer the question:
We pretend to be like you
We are a nightmare
We are rapacious developers
We are boutique shoppers
We don't have day jobs
We own designer dogs
We trade hedge funds
We are Eurotrash
We care about fancy bathrooms
We care about doormen
Not that any of this will prevent the spread of fancy bathrooms and doormen through Williamsburg. Like I wrote in the
Defend Brooklyn post, real estate development is part of NYC. So is moving.
I received another Twenty % Tippers short story and CD by mail. "Based on a Chinese Poem from the Year One" is a tale of NYC real estate, site- specific art, the Chinese nuclear submarine fleet and, of course, the Twenty%Tippers.
It looks like Leviticus is looking for space to create more substantial work. But if you're going to put your picture on the flyer, pick one where you don't look like a wanted terrorist.
The adjacent window responds with answers that try too hard:
Really, who waits an hour for mac 'n' cheese, except for a yuppy ready to spend $12 on a plate of food that costs pennies to make? Those little white rectangles are stickers that a local added to answer the question:
Found in Washington Square Park wheat pasted to a lamp post. The image is an architecural detail of the famous apartment building.
Found in the subway. This is the sermon, preserving the emphasis:
On 12th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues. You can see already how the remains of the church will be completely overwhelmed by the building behind it.
The Christian Scientists will remain on the bottom floor but the upper floors will be residences.
On West 4th Street between 6th Avenue and Washington Square Park. God just can't afford to live in this neighborhood anymore.
You won't be surprised to read that I found this in Williamsburg. Selling your furniture to pay for your film shows true dedication. The neighborhood will miss them when they're forced out by rising real estate prices and the Bugaboo Brigade.
My StumbleUpon Page
