Topic: Williamsburg

No Respect for the 'Colonizers of Williamsburg'

Flickr/Wally Gobetz

There's a final gentrification push in the land of Williamsburg, according to The New York Post, that may make the starving artist extinct, or possibly just make the starving artist move to Bushwick.

By Richard Lawson

Mar 14, 2012

Whole Foods and the End of Williamsburg

The big news the nation has been waiting for finally arrived today: Williamsburg, the Brooklyn neighborhood that's been the white-hot galactic center of the past decade's so-called hipster subculture, is finally getting a Whole Foods.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 27, 2011

The New York Times's Oddly Sexual Report on a Park in Williamsburg

The New York Times's latest dispatch from Brooklyn is not only questionable for its newsworthiness; it's also a little bit porny.

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By Eric Randall

Oct 25, 2011

A Tumblr Gives Hipster-Bashing a Seasonal Twist

A new tumblr getting attention today asks the question on every Brooklyn-goer's mind: Halloween or Williamsburg?  

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