Posts Tagged: Williamsburg
And Now He's Dead
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Lou Goldstein, 1921-2012

| April 16th, 2012

"Mr. Goldstein, the son of a tailor, was born on Sept. 8, 1921, in a small town outside Warsaw. The family immigrated when he was 5 and settled in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. He was a basketball standout at Eastern District High School in Brooklyn and Long Island University. When the Catskill hotels started basketball tournaments to entertain guests, Grossinger’s recruited him. And when he proved adept at other forms of entertainment, the hotel signed him up as its tummler." —Original hipster Lou Goldstein died at the age of 90 on April 2 of complications of Parkinson's Disease. The longtime Grossinger's resort tummler is acknowledged as the [...]

Now You Know
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How To Spot A Williamsburg Trend Story

| May 12th, 2011

A tip from a pro: "In this hypertrendspotting environment, you have to be snappy. Once a Williamsburg trend hits the New York Times, it's only good for laughing at the cluelessness of Manhattanites. The real prize is catching a possible trend in its early stages, before it's been all picked over. You have to be able to instantly spot and exploit stories like this, in today's Brooklyn Paper: 'West Bank proxy battle seen in falafel war on Bedford Ave.'"

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The Spandex Report, with Erica Sackin: The Great Bedford Avenue Bike Lane Debate

| January 27th, 2010

On Monday night, Pete's Candy Store-on Lorimer Street, in Williamsburg-was packed. Flannel shirts, skinny jeans and thick-framed glasses with people inside them filled every seat, blocked the door and spilled out into the street. Outside the bar, there were two cops wearing "Community Outreach" jackets and also a smattering of Hasidic men. This was because people in Williamsburg really care about bike lanes, and so they had all showed up for a "debate" about a recently-disappeared Bedford Avenue bike lane.

Important Cultural Moments
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Two Altbro Hipsters on MTV's "I Just Want My Pants Back"

| February 3rd, 2012

By way of introduction, RJ Cubarrubia and Jon Blistein are two altbros living in Williamsburg. They’re both trying to be music writers. RJ and Jon consider themselves quite culturally aware, but also recognize that their existence is made up of run-of-the-mill hipster clichés—hipster clichés which are now reaching larger audiences thanks to things like Bon Iver, Wes Anderson flicks, Honda commercials with Vampire Weekend, the term “buzz band,” etc. Some of this has been good; other stuff… well. Now there’s MTV’s "I Just Want My Pants Back," a show about four attractive post-grads living in Williamsburg, rife with pop-culture references and a hipster soundtrack. As solid members of the target [...]

Brooklyn
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Lady Who Wants More Chain Stores in Williamsburg to Have Eyes Rolled at Her

| November 12th, 2010

Pity Shari Lind, who just made herself (and her son, Sawyer!) the target of anti-big box wrath in Williamsburg.

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That "Kids In Williamsburg" NYT Piece

| June 8th, 2009

I mean, come on, it has "trustafarians" as the URL. Pass.

We Can Have Nice Things
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"Halloween? Or Williamsburg?"

| October 25th, 2011

From the very same Internet that brought you everything else comes Halloween or Williamsburg Dot Tumblr Dot Com.

New York City
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The Northside Festival: It Turns Out Punk Is Dead–To Hipsters

| June 28th, 2010

Breaking: Williamsburg threw an indie-style music festival over the weekend, and it seemed pretty well-attended! The organizers at L Magazine did a nice job mixing heavily-sweated acts with lesser-known artists (never an easy balance). Though I continue to believe the lo-fi grind of the Woodsist label is in large part an aesthetic counterfeit job–Neil Young's worst-reviewed 70's record, Journey Through the Past, reconciled wispy pot-headed-ness with nods to gravitas a lot better, which is maybe different from saying it did so "well"–it's certainly claiming a lot of mind-share at the moment. (The label's showcase at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday night was solidly packed from the [...]