Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/27

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Subject: [Leica] Leica] PAW Saganich
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Thu Jan 27 11:40:57 2005
References: <BCEKKGNGDPMOIPMEJONBGEEJHCAA.phong@doan-ltd.com>

Phong - I may not be the best judge of this since I haven't been in a 
fully yuppified neighborhood in a long time, but the process does 
seem to be well underway.



>I used to hang out in Williamsburg (Mahattan Ave, Lorimer, Grant)
>Has it been yuppified/gentrified ?   Every time that happens
>you get top-notch restaurants but then cannot find decent
>ethnic food, or regular dives.   Full dinner for less than
>$15 and bring your own wine kind of places.  There used to be
>tons of those around.   They don't speak any language I
>understand, and they think my accent is too strong for
>them to understand.  It was great !   :-)
>
>- Phong
>
>Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>>  Chris - I'm a Flatbush native.  My son and his wife live in
>>  Williamsburg so I'm just a regular visitor now.  They have four
>>  absolutely top-notch restaurants within a few blocks of their
>>  apartment.  I'm seriously jealous.
>>
>>  >Thanks Richard, I am happy you enjoyed the photos. Do you live
>>  in NYC area?
>>  >All the best restaurants are in Queens and Brooklyn these days.
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick
Boston MA

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