Boerum Hill? More Like Boring Hill!
Joshua Stein · 07/26/07 04:10PM
According to an article in today's Times, Brooklyn's Smith St. is fast falling into the comfortable embrace of upmarket mass-commodification. Lucky Jeans recently opened a store there, Trader Joe's is coming soon and the long-time residents are in as much of a furor as their yoga practice will let them be. (Breathe, breathe, engage moola bandha.) Styles reporter Eric Wilson took to Smith street to find the longest-time resident he could—presumably the one with most historical perspective.