WORDS MELANIE HANSCHE PHOTOGRAPHY RAYMOND PATRICK, MATTHEW WILLIAMS, JOHN VON PALMER AND STEPHEN PILE
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Brooklyn, NYC With a rivalry akin to the endless Sydney-Melbourne narrative, New York’s Brooklyn has emerged from Manhattan’s shadow to equal parts praise and derision from both its champions and its detractors (who’ll never leave their Manhattan bubble). Fast gentrifying, dynamic, diverse and painfully hip in parts, Brooklyn features a thriving food and arts scene, beautiful parks and public spaces, and shopping as good as anything over the East River. From the gorgeous brownstone-lined streets of Brooklyn Heights to the grungy grit of Williamsburg, it’s a borough whose brand has rightly become world-famous.
