Photo by Steve Reed
I think it’s funny when hipsters from an earlier generation, many of them among the first to begin moving to places like the East Village in the early 80s, finally make the trip out to that place past Williamsburg they have been hearing so much about. Steve Reed made his trip of discovery this weekend, and aside from his confusing Flushing Avenue with Flatbush Avenue, and expressing the bafflingly common belief that Flushing runs north and south, made some strange observations.
The photo he has posted as representative of Bushwick is very much not. It looks more like Puerto Rico than Nuyorico, with its pristine violet stucco and wood-and-iron door. Where the hell is that?
“Drivers had the salsa music cranked up LOUD. It reminded me so much of Miami.” I hear more salsa in Whole Foods than I do on the streets of Bushwick, where melody-challenged reggaeton rattles my windows and sets off car alarms. I guess he had a lucky visit.
Welcome to Bushwick, Steve — I have a feeling that once you can no longer stomach East Village rent we’ll be seeing you around a lot more.
UPDATE: D’oh! Turns out that the post below the photo wasn’t about the photo. Anyway, enjoy the really pretty building. Sorry if anyone was unduly excited.
Matt L September 3rd, 2007 at 5:59 pm
That photo is of a building on the north side of St. Mark’s between 1st and 2nd, I pass it all the time on my way to Dumpling Man. In fact I was there a few hours ago and saw the same old man taking out the trash.
Ben September 4th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
I think the misconception that flushing runs north south and that south bushwick is east bushwick stems from the out of scale MTA subway map http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm
The way they show it the L train runs due east from manhattan as does the J,Z.
Steve September 4th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Actually, I’m not an East Villager — I’m a Murray Hill-er!
But I did have a ball exploring your neighborhood — even if my geography was a little off. :)
Mr. Kraayon September 4th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Here on Graham Ave, I here a great deal of Salsa. The Salsa and Merengue output is probably 50-50 to the amount of reggaeton coming from cars.