Hipsterclaus Is Coming to Town
On the heals of the Brownstoner piece, we thought we would segue to a piece of email we received. One of our more dutiful readers sent us a photo over the weekend depicting this piece of highly erudite graffiti found in the Prospect Park subway station. Said reader wrote:
...the graffiti, "film does not equal cinema" says something about the influx of young art students in the neighborhood.
We have to admit that though we did not notice this particular "public art piece," we have noticed an influx of trendy recent college grad types strolling along the streets of PLG in the past six months or so. General word on the streets of Brooklyn is that PLG is attracting the young and creative crowd, as rents are relatively low and transportation infrastructure is relatively excellent. And then there's the relatively wonderful Prospect Park.
Begin quipping about the G-word now.
OMG--we're becoming the new Billyburg :-)
Posted by: Bob M | March 13, 2007 at 10:20 AM
PLG sage Buzz has been predicting the billyburgification of PLG since I met him. He may be on to something (finally).
Posted by: Dan | March 13, 2007 at 12:45 PM
film is not cinema is not interesting.
Posted by: franz fanonymous | March 13, 2007 at 10:18 PM
film is not cinema is not interesting is not interesting. "hipsters" are not interesting. and hipster graffiti is not welcomed. go back to Williamsburg....go now...do not stop.....go
Posted by: Joseph | March 14, 2007 at 10:07 AM
I don't think it's fair to take a blanket attitude towards a group labeled as "hipsters." So they're young a dress with style. So what?
Posted by: PLG rez | March 14, 2007 at 10:48 AM
Yeah! Graffiti is the province of poor blacks and latinos! How dare white people get involved!
Posted by: Ed | March 14, 2007 at 11:52 AM
that was my point joseph.
Posted by: franz fanonymous | March 14, 2007 at 01:23 PM
that graffito is everywhere in lower manhattan-- "ana peru" seems to take credit-- and so indicates nothing really at all about who lives in PLG.
Posted by: joe | March 14, 2007 at 03:41 PM
You can't stop gentrification; no one can, no one has - ever. The only way to stay is to own. Otherwise, just move on to the next undiscovered area. Regard the graffiti as the canary in the coalmine.
Posted by: sue | March 14, 2007 at 10:53 PM
i'm a film grad from pratt, i've been here for about a year, i love it and i'm not leaving, mwahahaha!
all your base are belong to us
Posted by: richard blakeley | March 18, 2007 at 06:38 PM
That little scrawl has been at the Prospect Park station for almost a year.
Who's coming Sunday to Flatbush Ave to clean up the grafitti??
Posted by: tg | March 19, 2007 at 05:46 PM
This now has been altered to say "Film, Cinema actually pretty similar" or something like that.
Posted by: Charles | April 26, 2007 at 12:24 PM