
Well, it’s not exactly an ethnographic study, but in parts it reads like one. A mysterious New Yorker, who goes by the moniker “Krull” in forum-land, and who has posted over 2000 posts to SkyscraperCity (once exclusively dedicated to the subject of tall buildings, now all things urban), decided to do a little state report on Bushwick, Brooklyn. I really do think it reads best if you imagine it slapped on a cardboard triptych on a folding table in a high school gymnasium — with glossy print out images and sticky cut and paste captions below.
He calls it “The Hipster Life in Bushwick.” Hipster, which is adorably defined as “young not-so-rich people,” is seemingly not a dirty word in the language of the post, which is utterly confusing and adorable. I found about 16 pictures of myself, so it may be worth a look to see if you’ve been honorably mentioned in the cast of visual characters who “create some visual art, performances, readings, acting, etc…” or “just do weird things just to be amuse…” Next stop: Encyclopedia Britannica!





anna January 23rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
thank you for posting, jess!
this made my friday weird(er).
Hrag January 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm
A quarter of those pics are mine, you’d think someone would credit you when you give your stuff up to the universe of Creative Commons…geez…but it was a fun post, thanks for pointing to it.
Dresden January 23rd, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Nice pics Hrag. Nice pics everyone not Hrag.
Matt January 23rd, 2009 at 3:40 pm
That was amusing. And depressing, personally, cuz it blatantly reminds me how freakin’ old and boring I am.
Keep it silly, hipsters!