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That stretch of Market street in Market East, Philly always reminded me of Fulton mall in DTBK.
I can see the Fulton Street / East Market comparisons. Both areas went through some serious gentrification over the last decade or so that has pushed a lot of that gold store/pawn shop retail else where. Brooklyn's borough hall is also done in the second empire style. The Metrotech buildings and the Logan Square buildings do have a pretty similar history as well. What downtown Brooklyn doesn't have is the cultural institutions and historical sites that come along with being the epicenter of an entire region like Center City is to Philadelphia.
I can see the Fulton Street / East Market comparisons. Both areas went through some serious gentrification over the last decade or so that has pushed a lot of that gold store/pawn shop retail else where. Brooklyn's borough hall is also done in the second empire style. The Metrotech buildings and the Logan Square buildings do have a pretty similar history as well. What downtown Brooklyn doesn't have is the cultural institutions and historical sites that come along with being the epicenter of an entire region like Center City is to Philadelphia.
downtown Brooklyn doesn't have quite the depth or breadth of cultural institutions as Center City, but they do have some in the greater downtown area. The heavier hitters are the New York Transit museum (in a former station), Brooklyn Academy of Music, Barclays Center, BRIC, Mark Morris Dance Center, and Polonsky Shakespeare Theatre. Not too far away, but not downtown Brooklyn are St. Ann's Warehouse, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library.
I can see the Fulton Street / East Market comparisons. Both areas went through some serious gentrification over the last decade or so that has pushed a lot of that gold store/pawn shop retail else where. Brooklyn's borough hall is also done in the second empire style. The Metrotech buildings and the Logan Square buildings do have a pretty similar history as well. What downtown Brooklyn doesn't have is the cultural institutions and historical sites that come along with being the epicenter of an entire region like Center City is to Philadelphia.
Actually, Brooklyn Borough Hall is Greek Revival, not Second Empire, though that cupola on top does have a bit of Second Empire about it. Wonder if it was added later?
downtown Brooklyn doesn't have quite the depth or breadth of cultural institutions as Center City, but they do have some in the greater downtown area. The heavier hitters are the New York Transit museum (in a former station), Brooklyn Academy of Music, Barclays Center, BRIC, Mark Morris Dance Center, and Polonsky Shakespeare Theatre. Not too far away, but not downtown Brooklyn are St. Ann's Warehouse, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library.
No doubt. All of those places are great cultural amenities, but you aren't really going to find them on lists like "the best museum collections" in the US. Most of the treasures New Yorkers plundered from other cultures are located in Museums across the river in Manhattan.
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Actually, Brooklyn Borough Hall is Greek Revival, not Second Empire, though that cupola on top does have a bit of Second Empire about it. Wonder if it was added later?
Your right. I actually was getting two buildings confused with each other. I was thinking of the grand old post office that is like down the block from the borough hall.
No doubt. All of those places are great cultural amenities, but you aren't really going to find them on lists like "the best museum collections" in the US. Most of the treasures New Yorkers plundered from other cultures are located in Museums across the river in Manhattan.
Your right. I actually was getting two buildings confused with each other. I was thinking of the grand old post office that is like down the block from the borough hall.
I was actually thinking the same thing this weekend. There aren't a ton of updated downtown Brooklyn pictures from the last 2 or 3 years, partly because the skyline has grown and changed so fast.
I like this recent pic of a part of downtown Brooklyn, it may be 'edge on', so it obscures a bunch of towers, but from aesthetic standpoint it looks pretty cool:
I like this recent pic of a part of downtown Brooklyn, it may be 'edge on', so it obscures a bunch of towers, but from aesthetic standpoint it looks pretty cool:
That shot is incredible! Downtown Brooklyn is rapidly becoming a top 20 "best downtown" in the US. It has the foot traffic, vibrancy, and development to go head to head with most larger city downtowns.
There are currently several more skycrapers under construction, the tallest and most notable is the 600 foot high residential tower on Fulton Street.
The first phase of the proposed "Alloy Block" is under construction now as well, and this first phase will be 400 feet. The second phase will have a tower at 840 feet high.
New York in general is just on a whole nother level compared to every other American city. That pic of downtown Brooklyn is crazy, looks better than almost every sunbelt downtown.
Brooklyn is massive and dense. I’m not sure what it’s peer would be except maybe San Francisco. Though really it’s probably closest peer is Manhattan.
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