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Hello! My name is Sarah. I go to Parsons and I have to do research of an area in New York City. Our area is Park Slope. What we have to do is ask residents of Park Slope: *How do they feel about living there? *If there was anything they could change (a.k.a problems with graffiti) what would help the community? The second one is very important to our class! So if anyone could help out that would be great! It has been real fun visiting the area and it is absolutely gorgeous. Especially with it’s architecture and nature. Plus everyone is so nice and friendly. Thanks for reading, Sincerely, Sarah http://www.freewebs.com/sit_here
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There have been a couple recent threads on what people like about the neighborhood. You could start here: http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30804 or here: http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30792 as for what I'd like fixed, well, I could do with less dog crap on the sidewalks. Can we get a volunteer team of Parsons students to pick up the dog crap? I'd also love easier on-street parking, maybe some type of resident parking permits that you could pay an annual fee for. But do you mean problems related to your field of study -- architecture or design or something?
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create "stroller lanes" in the street so people can actually walk on the sidewalk.Drink good beer.
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Built a partition between those with children and those without. Put Aunt Suzies on their side and AlDiLa on mine.
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I generally love living in the Slope. It has a wonderful sense of community and the park can't be beat. As for what I think would make it a more enjoyable place to live, I wish there were fewer loitering teens. All of the cute little toddlers who were around when I've moved to the neighborhood are now teenagers and you can't walk down 7th Ave. without having to navigate through a pack of them taking up the whole sidewalk.
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More MILF's!"Clamato! Straight Up! No chasah!
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You know, people have been raising kids in Park Slope for a long time. In fact, Park Slope has long had a reputation as a neighborhood full of young families. So it seems weird to me that people who don't want to be around children would move here and then complain about being exposed to children. It's like people who move next to a farm and then complain that it smells like manure. What on earth were you expecting? Anyway. Residential parking permits would be great. Half the cars on my block have out-of-state license plates. How about a limit on how many gigantic construction projects can be going on on the same block at the same time. Time limits for noisy constructions, with fines imposed if you go past your deadline.
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Rose » You know, people have been raising kids in Park Slope for a long time. In fact, Park Slope has long had a reputation as a neighborhood full of young families. So it seems weird to me that people who don't want to be around children would move here and then complain about being exposed to children. It's like people who move next to a farm and then complain that it smells like manure. What on earth were you expecting?
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erikka » [quote="Rose"]You know, people have been raising kids in Park Slope for a long time. In fact, Park Slope has long had a reputation as a neighborhood full of young families. So it seems weird to me that people who don't want to be around children would move here and then complain about being exposed to children. It's like people who move next to a farm and then complain that it smells like manure. What on earth were you expecting?
I WAS KIDDING. Geez, people.[/quote] I still agree with you."Clamato! Straight Up! No chasah! -
As a third generation park slopian I love the sense of family and community in the area. I love prospect park in every season. Up to a few years ago I really loved the veiw from my top floor apartment since I could not only see the city unobstructed but also the statue of liberty but now I mostly see the top of the new condos/co-ops in the vicinity. I wish there was affordable housing in the area since most people I grew up with including my family has had to move away. I also wish they would do something about the construction in the area it not only starts too early in the morning but there is always more than one construction job going on at the same time on a one block radius.
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Subject: Hi park slopers!! please help w/ our college project.
Hi! please go and check out are lab class project's website make comments and take the polls it's research about park slope It'd be great help. http://www.freewebs.com/sit_here thanks, labohemianartiste -
labohemianartiste: it might be more informative if you let folks know the reason for the project and the website. I checked it out. Interesting idea, but more awareness may get you better results. On a personal note, my wife and I are out on out stoop all the time chillin' with the neighbors and passers-by. How else do you get to know who you are livin' with...:)A word or two from the highest point in Brooklyn--Greenwood Hts.
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Subject: Re: Hi park slopers!! please help w/ our college project.
labohemianartiste » Hi! please go and check out are lab class project's website make comments and take the polls it's research about park slope It'd be great help. http://www.freewebs.com/sit_here thanks, labohemianartiste
OK, just to be proactive: here's the M.O. from their site:An Awareness Campaign For our college project, we are promoting a social awareness campaign in the Park Slope area entitled, "SIT HERE". This campaign aims to address the decreasing culture of social interaction formerly known as "Stoop Culture". What is Stoop Culture? Traditionally, in North American cities, the stoop served an important function as a spot for brief, incidental social encounters. Homemakers, children, and other household members would sit on the stoop outside their home to relax, and greet neighbors passing by. Similarly, while on an errand, one would stop and converse with neighbors sitting on their stoops. Within an urban community, stoop conversations helped to disseminate gossip and reaffirm casual relationships.
A word or two from the highest point in Brooklyn--Greenwood Hts.
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Made the Brooklyn Record... http://www.brooklynrecord.com/archives/2006/12/lamenting_the_d.htmlA word or two from the highest point in Brooklyn--Greenwood Hts.
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thankyou very much for commenting. is there anyway you could put those on our website for others to see your opinions? http://www.freewebs.com/sit_here this is the project that came from your own combined ideas! sarah my lab group is very pleased by all of thisple
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Lostinggreen! thankyou for sharing that and thankyou for the others who commented!! if you could, please go online take polls and comment also. it is helpful for our research and view the url lostinggreen put up! thankyou! sarahple
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Subject: Good work!
just to tell you guys our group will be in the Brooklyn Papers soon thanks to you guys!! so keep a look out sarah part of sit_here http://www.freewebs.com/sit_hereple -
Okay, maybe it's too late to add to this post, but I do think that the situation for teenagers in Park Slope sucks. They really don't have anyplace to hang out so they end up in packs outside of CT Muffin or on the playground etc... This area could really use a rec center or arcade or someplace for these kids to go. There are so many places opening up offering options for young children, but nothing teen-oriented. I feel bad for the kids. Where I grew up, we could drive at 16 and would just kill time driving around. There were also places like arcades and clubs that allowed teenagers to hang out. I have heard that the old armory on 8th and 14th is going to someday be a rec center, anyone know if that's true???
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guitargirl » Okay, maybe it's too late to add to this post, but I do think that the situation for teenagers in Park Slope sucks. They really don't have anyplace to hang out so they end up in packs outside of CT Muffin or on the playground etc... This area could really use a rec center or arcade or someplace for these kids to go. There are so many places opening up offering options for young children, but nothing teen-oriented. I feel bad for the kids. Where I grew up, we could drive at 16 and would just kill time driving around. There were also places like arcades and clubs that allowed teenagers to hang out. I have heard that the old armory on 8th and 14th is going to someday be a rec center, anyone know if that's true???
when my group was doing research we asked the same thing. And yes it is true. They are turning it into a recreational center. and it is never to late to post in this topic! i actually love that!ple -
guitargirl » Okay, maybe it's too late to add to this post, but I do think that the situation for teenagers in Park Slope sucks. They really don't have anyplace to hang out so they end up in packs outside of CT Muffin or on the playground etc... This area could really use a rec center or arcade or someplace for these kids to go. There are so many places opening up offering options for young children, but nothing teen-oriented. I feel bad for the kids. Where I grew up, we could drive at 16 and would just kill time driving around. There were also places like arcades and clubs that allowed teenagers to hang out. I have heard that the old armory on 8th and 14th is going to someday be a rec center, anyone know if that's true???
I grew up in the suburbs and killed lots of time driving around -- and one big reason my husband and I are raising our kids in the city is so they won't spend their time this way. I went to a fairly small high school and at least 3 kids in my school died in car accidents while we were in school. I agree that loitering on 7th Ave is not ideal -- though I think it's mostly the middle school crowd doing that -- but at least it's safer than driving around aimlessly. -
Well, I don't think I used the word aimlessly. We'd go to different places. There were actually lots of things for teenagers to do where I grew up. Hence, I and my friends turned out okay. Nobody perished from aimless driving. Be Well.
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Okay, sorry, I guess I misunderstood when you said you "would just kill time driving around." Sounds kind of aimless to me, but I'm glad you had an aim, and things to do as a teenager. There was nothing to do where I grew up, except drive around, smoke some pot, drive around some more, smoke more pot, go to Denny's, repeat till curfew. Growing up in the city just has to be better than that.
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actually that sounds like where i live in, which is texas. all is driving. all is movies. all is shopping. Well, at least for teenagers. Which i find sad since not many of my friends from there wanted to go to museums.ple
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Subject: Brooklyn Papers
here you go about the Brooklyn Papers: you can see the web url and the newspaper at the same time on our page: http://www.freewebs.com/sit_here/publicity.htmple
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