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Originally Posted by Sloper
What a simplistic and broadly vague sentiment. it's probable Manhattan has more shitty, value engineered Gene Kaufman hotels than all the high-rises in downtown Brooklyn combined! Some of the brownstone neighborhoods adjacent to downtown Brooklyn are quite a bit more expensive and exclusive than a whole host of Manhattan neighborhoods, and are actually closer to the core of the city than neighborhoods way uptown. I think you have some outdated notions there. That said, I do believe Brooklyn is being taken much more seriously now by the gold standard developers, and we should see some more great stuff in the near future.
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I suppose you're right. A lot more trash towers went up in the midtown south/chelsea/garment areas, a dumping ground for second rate hotel towers. I probably mentioned it because those bad towers stand out more in the smaller Brooklyn cluster than they do in Manhattan's massive bulk.