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January 12, 2007
EARTH’S BEST PLACE - Bklyn tops tourist list
Courier-Life Publications
Lonely Planet has a pretty good description of Brooklyn, which just joined the guidebook's list of top tourist destinations:
Brice Gosnell, Lonely Planet’s regional publisher, said Brooklyn “is the new downtown—with urban hipsters, diverse communities still intact, its own parades and festivals, and its own unique blend of small businesses and restaurants that make it must-see for any visit to New York.”
What overview of the borough would be complete without mentioning Atlantic Yards?
The book, $19.99 and widely available, refers to Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project as the “Hot Topic of the Day.” On the plus side, the book says, “is pro sports’ return to the borough…on the minus, it’s a land grab scam that’ll boot out tenants and further Wal-Martify NYC,” the book warns.
NoLandGrab: With so much going on in Brooklyn, it kind of sucks that Atlantic Yards ranks as the "hot topic." We can't help wondering if being on the top-tourist-destination list is Brooklyn's jump-the-shark moment.
Posted by lumi at January 12, 2007 8:33 AM