Comments on: NY Times on Dumbo: From Afterthought to Sought-After http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/ Notes from the DUMBO, Brooklyn NY neighborhood Sun, 20 May 2012 23:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: annulla http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/comment-page-1/#comment-44149 annulla Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:52:07 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/#comment-44149 Nice intro, and the Times deserves a tip of the hat for correctly referring to the streets of DUMBO as Belgian block, not the so frequently and incorrectly used term, cobblestone. Okay, call me persnickety, but there <b>is</b> a difference. Nice intro, and the Times deserves a tip of the hat for correctly referring to the streets of DUMBO as Belgian block, not the so frequently and incorrectly used term, cobblestone. Okay, call me persnickety, but there is a difference.

]]> By: Dumbo NYC, Brooklyn » Archive » NYTimes: So Much to See in NYC But Make a Stop in Dumbo (DumboNYC.com) http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/comment-page-1/#comment-19859 Dumbo NYC, Brooklyn » Archive » NYTimes: So Much to See in NYC But Make a Stop in Dumbo (DumboNYC.com) Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:22:00 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/#comment-19859 [...] Times featured Dumbo in their Living In section last October. In today’s travel section, 36 Hours in New York, NY [...] [...] Times featured Dumbo in their Living In section last October. In today’s travel section, 36 Hours in New York, NY [...]

]]> By: annulla http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/comment-page-1/#comment-193 annulla Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:52:30 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/#comment-193 Nice intro, and the Times deserves a tip of the hat for correctly referring to the streets of DUMBO as Belgian block, not the so frequently and incorrectly used term, cobblestone. Okay, call me persnickety, but there <b>is</b> a difference. Nice intro, and the Times deserves a tip of the hat for correctly referring to the streets of DUMBO as Belgian block, not the so frequently and incorrectly used term, cobblestone. Okay, call me persnickety, but there is a difference.

]]> By: Jerry http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Jerry Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:02:10 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/#comment-167 I agree entirely with Peter that the article offers a nice intro to DUMBO for the uninitiated but includes little to nothing for residents (although I do like the photo looking up river from the Brooklyn Bridge). As for eggs Florentine or shitake mushrooms, I imagine, although I've not yet gone, that Superfine's brunches must offer up some interesting smells. As a resident in 1 Main, the smells from Bubby's are never quite that interesting (although they can at times, I admit, be inviting - but for the fact that in Bubby's case, the smells are usually better than the tastes). I agree entirely with Peter that the article offers a nice intro to DUMBO for the uninitiated but includes little to nothing for residents (although I do like the photo looking up river from the Brooklyn Bridge). As for eggs Florentine or shitake mushrooms, I imagine, although I’ve not yet gone, that Superfine’s brunches must offer up some interesting smells. As a resident in 1 Main, the smells from Bubby’s are never quite that interesting (although they can at times, I admit, be inviting – but for the fact that in Bubby’s case, the smells are usually better than the tastes).

]]> By: Peter Hyman http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Peter Hyman Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:10:58 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/10/22/ny-times-on-dumbo-from-afterthought-to-sought-after/#comment-166 I thought the piece was a good primer on DUMBO, if you didn't know much about it....But it really didn't break new ground. And I've never once in nearly a year of living here smelled "eggs Florentine" or "shitake mushrooms".....I have no idea where this reporter hung out, unless it was the kitchen of Bubby's. What I think the piece missed was the unique aspects of DUMBO....yes, it is fair (and easy) to compare it to SoHo (though Tribeca may be more apt), it's entirely different in a lot of ways. I thought the piece was a good primer on DUMBO, if you didn’t know much about it….But it really didn’t break new ground.

And I’ve never once in nearly a year of living here smelled “eggs Florentine” or “shitake mushrooms”…..I have no idea where this reporter hung out, unless it was the kitchen of Bubby’s.

What I think the piece missed was the unique aspects of DUMBO….yes, it is fair (and easy) to compare it to SoHo (though Tribeca may be more apt), it’s entirely different in a lot of ways.

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