A little about DumboNYC website:
DumboNYC.com is run by a resident (not affiliated with real estate, the Dumbo BID or art galleries) who created the site to inform community of the changes happening in the neighborhood. The site also focuses on entrepreneurs in the area who are running successful businesses. The site currently receives 40,000+ unique visitors per month and 80,000+ page views per month. The site has a specific target audience of people who live, work, or interested in Dumbo, Brooklyn Heights, Fulton Ferry Landing, Vinegar Hill, and Bridge Plaza neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
This is making the rounds online, but thought we’d post it here. Judgemental Map of NYC shows Dumbo as “Artsy folk” and “great pizza”. They could probably add stroller, gentrification, and tourists to the area. What else?
Residents of Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO are to be advised that a commercial will be filmed at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (DMH) between 4:00 and 10:00 pm tomorrow; Saturday, December 21, 2013. Barring unforeseen problems, the production company expects filming to be completed by 8:00 pm.
As part of the shoot, a helicopter will go up-and-down several times. The chopper will rise several times to an altitude of approximately 15 feet, the production company has informed the community board.
Remember Saul Steinberg’s 1976 New Yorker cover, “View of the world from 9th Avenue“? In case you don’t, it shows 9th Ave, 10th Ave, the Hudson River and beyond it, a big block of land covering the rest of the country. That illustration defined the way New Yorkers saw Manhattan in relation to the rest of the world. But it wasn’t just about Steinberg’s vision. Steinberg was illustrating the way New Yorkers already viewed themselves and their city. Now, Brooklyn Poster illustrates the world from Brooklyn’s perspective.
Over the course of several months, BlankSlate created an illustration that defines Brooklyn’s image of itself. They wanted to pay homage to the New Yorker cover and poke a bit of fun at it. From Brooklyn’s perspective, the tiny island of Manhattan is pushed off to the side, overshadowed by a borough as dynamic and diverse as it is large in size and population.
When it comes to Brooklyn itself, many details are there. Looking closely, you can see the things that make Brooklyn tick. Part of the design process was figuring out what to include. There are the landmarks, like Grand Army Plaza, the Brooklyn Public Library, the Williamsburg Savings Bank, the Barclays Center, the Brooklyn Museum and Botanic Gardens, McCarren Park, the Domino Sugar Factory and Coney Island. There are the people on the streets, riding bikes, in the windows of apartment buildings and on boats. The illustration is not an accurate map, but rather a representative depiction, a creative take on the way Brooklynites see their borough.
In the end, people can be proud to display the Brooklyn Poster in their homes and offices. The team behind Brooklyn Poster knows how much people are already excited about Brooklyn’s thriving lifestyle, arts and culture, and wants to add to that conversation with a line of merchandise that’s not just designed and printed in Brooklyn, but is also about Brooklyn.
For now, the poster is available as a 24″ x 36″ offset print, as an 18″ x 24″ high quality giclée, and as a limited edition 24″ x 36″ giclée. Follow Brooklyn Poster on Facebook and Twitter @BrooklynPoster to keep up with new developments and get updates on new merchandise, including a line of notecards, t-shirts, tote bags, iPhone and iPad cases, and more.
Hi DumboNYC readers. BlankSlate, based in Dumbo Brooklyn, manages advertising for DumboNYC. They’re an important part of why I am able to keep DumboNYC up and running. They’re fast growing network of premium sites focusing on urban audiences (including Brownstoner, Brokelyn, The L Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine and many more. BlankSlate is excellent at connecting local merchants and businesses to DumboNYC and we hope the ads have been useful for you. The revenue from the ads are recycled back into the community to support non-profit organizations. We hope it’s a win-win-win for the readers, small businesses, and organizations.
BlankSlate is growing and is looking for a Digital Sales Assistant. The Digital Sales Assistant will work closely with BlankSlate’s ad sales team on all aspects of the sales cycle, from lead generation to media proposals, to social media, as well as campaign management and ad trafficking. You’ll gain knowledge of all aspects of digital media advertising as well as the ability to create your own path with a unique and growing media company.
For details, go to Blankslate.com. Be part of the Dumbo community and contact them or forward to someone you know who would be interested.
(Side note: Contact brad [at] blankslate.com for advertising options. For advertisers, not only will you be sending your message to a targeted crowd in Dumbo, ad revenue is donated to support the Dumbo community. If anyone would like to be a one time or regular contributor, guest writer, or photographer, please contact me.)
Happy New Year and march into 2013! Thank you for reading and emailing me throughout the year. In 2012, the DumboNYC site had 520,000 unique visits and 1,121,000 page views. Dumbo Brooklyn still brings interested residents, visitors, businesses, workers, and tourists looking for events, housing, and information. I hope this site helped to bring the community relevant information. It can be better, and if there’s anything specific I can do, I welcome feedback to DumboNYC@gmail.com.
