This is the Williamsburg of Your City: A Map of Hip America

dc_denizen · #1 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 1:40 AM**

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What is your city's Williamsburg? What's its hippest—or formerly hippest—or sometimes just youngest—neighborhood, the one with the art galleries and the boutiques and the lines for brunch? (And what, for that matter, is its Bushwick, or "Next Williamsburg"?) If you don't know off the top of your head, don't worry. We do, thanks to the collective knowledge of Gawker readers.

A few months ago, we asked you what "the Williamsburg" of your city is. Today, we present to you the results—tabulated and mapped.

Below, you'll find the definitive list of "hip"—or formerly hip and now just rich—neighborhoods in major metropolitan areas in the U.S., Canada, and around the globe. All neighborhoods were nominated as answers to the question "What's the Williamsburg of your city?," and then dutifully recorded and tallied over the next 24 hours by Gawker editorial assistant Sarah Hedgecock (her Williamsburg: Blue Dome).

dc_denizen · #2 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 1:43 AM**

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The Williamsburg of is (and its Bushwick is)
Albany, N.Y. Center Square
Anchorage, Alaska Spenard
Athens, Ga. Normaltown
Atlanta, Ga. East Atlanta, Little Five Points (tie) East Atlanta, Old Fourth Ward (tie)
Austin, Texas East Side East Side
Baltimore, Md. Hampden Station North
Birmingham, Ala. Avondale
Boston, Mass. Jamaica Plain Roslindale, Somerville (tie)
Boulder, Colo. Boulder
Buffalo, N.Y. Elmwood Allentown
Burbank, Cali. Magnolia Park San Fernando Blvd.
Burlington, Vt. Pine Street Old North End
Charleston, S.C. Park Circle
Charlotte, N.C. NoDa, Plaza Midwood (tie) NoDa, Plaza Midwood (tie)
Chicago, Ill. Wicker Park Pilsen
Cincinnati, Ohio Northside, Over-the-Rhine (tie) Clifton, Northside (tie)
Cleveland, Ohio Tremont Gordon Square, Ohio City (tie)
Columbus, Ohio Clintonville, German Village (tie) Olde Towne East
Dallas, Texas Oak Cliff Deep Ellum
Washington, D.C. H Street Petworth
Denver, Colo. Highlands Baker, Capitol Hill (tie)
Detroit, Mich. Corktown, Midtown (tie) Hamtramck
Edmonton, Alb. Garneau/Whyte
Fort Worth, Texas Fairmount
Gainesville, Fla. Duckpond
Harrisburg, Pa. Downtown, Midtown (tie)
Honolulu, Hawaii Kakaako
Houston, Texas Montrose The Heights
Hudson, N.Y. Warren St.
Indianapolis, Ind. Fountain Square Fountain Square
Kansas City, Mo. Westport
Knoxville, Tenn. Happy Holler
Los Angeles, Cali. Silver Lake Echo Park
Las Vegas, Nev. Fremont St. Arts District
Lincoln, Neb. Haymarket
Louisville, Ky. Highlands Germantown
Madison, Wisc. Williamson St.
Memphis, Tenn. Cooper-Young, Overton Square, South Main (tie)
Miami, Fla. Wynwood Little Haiti
Milwaukee, Wisc. East Side Bay View
Minneapolis, Minn. Uptown Northeast, Uptown, North Loop (tie)
Montreal, Qué. Mile End Mile End
Nashville, Tenn. East Nashville Inglewood, the Nations (tie)
New Haven, Conn. East Rock Westville
New Orleans, La. Marigny Bywater
Norfolk, Va. Ghent
Oakland, Cali. Piedmont, San Francisco (tie) Fruitvale
Oklahoma City, Okla. Paseo District
Orlando, Fla. Thornton Park
Ottawa, Ont. Centretown, Hintonburg (tie) Hintonburg
Pensacola, Fla. Seville Square
Philadelphia, Pa. Northern Liberties Fishtown
Phoenix, Ariz. Roosevelt Row Downtown
Pittsburgh, Pa. Lawrenceville Bloomfield
Portland, Me. Munjoy Hill, West End, East End, Biddeford (tie) Mid City
Portland, Ore. "The Williamsburg of Portland is Portland" North Portland
Providence, R.I. West End Olneyville
Raleigh, N.C. Boylan Heights, Carrboro (tie) Mordecai
Reno, Nev. Downtown
Richmond, Va. The Fan Oregon Hill
Salt Lake City, Utah The Avenues, Sugar House (tie)
San Diego, Cali. North Park City Heights
San Francisco, Cali. Mission Hunter's Point, Oakland (tie)
San Jose, Cali. Japantown
Saskatoon, Sask. Nutana, Riversdale (tie) Broadway
Seattle, Wash. Capitol Hill Central District
St. Louis, Mo. Central West End, the Grove (tie) The Grove
St. Paul, Minn. Lowertown
Tampa, Fla. SoHo/Hyde Park, Ybor City, Seminole Heights (tie)
Toronto, Ont. West Queen West The Junction, Roncesvalles (tie)
Tucson, Ariz. Fourth Ave. Lost Barrio
Tulsa, Okla. Blue Dome/Arts districts Pearl District
Vancouver, B.C. Gastown, Strathcona, Yaletown (tie) The Drive
Barcelona, Spain Born Gracia
Berlin, Germany Kreuzberg
Budapest, Hungary Goszdu Udvar
Cambridge, U.K. Mill Rd.
Cape Town, South Africa Woodstock
Copenhagen, Denmark Norrebro, Vesterbro (tie) Norrebro
Dublin, Ireland Stoneybatter Camden St.
Hong Kong, China Sheung Wan
Krakow, Poland Kazimierz
London, U.K. Dalston Brixton, Peckham (tie)
Melbourne, Australia North Fitzroy Northcote
Mexico City, Mexico Condesa Roma
Paris, France Oberkampf Belleville

softee · #3 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 3:06 AM**

I'd say that Bloordale in Toronto is more the Bushwick.

ardecila · #4 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 3:22 AM**

Interesting that Chicago chose Pilsen as the up-and-coming. I mean, it is, but the more direct analogy is Logan Square, which is the next stop down the subway line from the "Williamsburg" of Wicker Park.

On the other hand, Logan Square just isn't very gritty or industrial like Bushwick. It's got a ton of tree-lined streets and parks, boulevards, etc. and now seems to be attracting a more "professional" demographic than the bohemians in Pilsen.

10023 · #5 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 4:56 AM**

Also, this is anecdotal but when I was working for a Chicago financial services firm circa 2004, one of the VPs lived in Logan Square. It's the next stop and it's full of cool places to eat and drink, but I'm not sure it's ever been edgy to the point of being borderline dangerous.

Maybe Logan Square is more like a neighborhood in Queens if one ever became cool (sorry, Astoria and Sunnyside, but no).

I agree that Pilsen is more analogous to Bushwick.

Centropolis · #6 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 4:57 AM**

st. louis is easily cherokee street. st. louis is generally an unknown place, of course.

the central west end is building an urban whole foods, so that's a massive joke.

matthew6 · #7 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 5:46 AM**

Well they got Montreal right.

Urbanguy · #8 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 5:52 AM**

There's quite a few "hip" area's in Portland but i'd say that Alberta Arts District IMO could very well be the hippest (and that is in North Portland as this list included).

In Honolulu Kaka'ako is emerging as one but still has a few or several years more to mature as the area continues to boom. The other would probably be the Arts District in Chinatown but that's no where near the scale of Kaka'ako.

As for Seattle I also thought that Fremont was quite a "hip" area although some of my local friends call it the hippie area -- there's a lot of really cool & eclectic places to hang out IMO.

Centropolis · #9 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 5:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urbanguy

As for Seattle I also thought that Fremont was quite a "hip" area although some of my local friends call it the hippie area -- there's a lot of really cool & eclectic places to hang out IMO.

I just flew back from Seattle, that cannot possibly be the hipster zone. Then again, Seattle fortunately walks to the beat of it's own drummer all around, and "normal" rules don't apply.

Urbanguy · #10 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 5:58 AM**

^I don't think of it as a Hipster zone as my friends there call it the hippie area but I thought that was a hip place because of all the cool places to hang out & the artsiness of the area...a little like Alberta Arts District in Portland.

Austinlee · #11 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 6:05 AM**

This is the most accurate list I've seen.

BnaBreaker · #12 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 6:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by ardecila

Interesting that Chicago chose Pilsen as the up-and-coming. I mean, it is, but the more direct analogy is Logan Square, which is the next stop down the subway line from the "Williamsburg" of Wicker Park.

On the other hand, Logan Square just isn't very gritty or industrial like Bushwick. It's got a ton of tree-lined streets and parks, boulevards, etc. and now seems to be attracting a more "professional" demographic than the bohemians in Pilsen.

The first neighborhood I thought of for Chicago's "Bushwick" was Humboldt Park.

Private Dick · #13 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 6:28 AM**

For Pittsburgh, I'd have to say that Central Northside, Garfield, and maybe the hilltop neighborhoods (Arlington, Knoxville, Allentown) are more "Bushwicks" than Bloomfield is.

No DC on the list... I'd say Georgetown and Friendship Heights.

kool maudit · #14 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 10:18 AM**

mile end isn't also the bushwick of montreal. that would be centre-sud, st-henri or probably "mile ex"

10023 · #15 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 11:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by BnaBreaker

The first neighborhood I thought of for Chicago's "Bushwick" was Humboldt Park.

Is it there yet?

Humboldt Park may be more like Crown Heights, or even farther out in Flatbush?

tdawg · #16 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 1:00 PM**

10023, I'm not sure why you chose to single out Astoria and Sunnyside in your snide comment but that's fine, we don't want elitist wannabes like you in Queens anyway. You clearly have no idea of the changes occurring in either neighborhood.

10023 · #17 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 1:15 PM**

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10023, I'm not sure why you chose to single out Astoria and Sunnyside in your snide comment but that's fine, we don't want elitist wannabes like you in Queens anyway. You clearly have no idea of the changes occurring in either neighborhood.

I mentioned those two because they're the most likely places that would be brought up by someone looking to dispute what I said.

Both have lots of young people, and Astoria has for a long time, but that's because it's fairly accessible to Midtown and cheap. It's like Hoboken. The only place anyone ever goes to from Manhattan is the Bohemian beer garden. In Chicago, many of the most talked about places for food/drink/nightlife are in Logan Square; in New York those places (if outside of Manhattan) are pretty much all in Brooklyn.

Nowhere in Queens has anywhere near Logan Square's buzz... but Logan Square was never as edgy as Bushwick. Its transition is from being boring and residential to trendy, rather than from being dangerous to trendy. So

ardecila · #18 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 1:19 PM**

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Is it there yet?

Humboldt Park may be more like Crown Heights, or even farther out in Flatbush?

Anecdotal, again: several of my Pilsen neighbors moved here after being prices out of Humboldt Park. It's still not expensive, but it is no longer dirt-cheap anymore unless you're west of Humboldt Blvd and miles from the L. Pilsen has always offered more bang for the buck in terms of neighborhood retail/services and proximity to downtown I think, and it's cheaper on an absolute basis too.

New Orleans' neighborhoods are pretty spot on to the Brooklyn ones IMO.

dc_denizen · #19 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 1:59 PM**

For DC, Petworth is kind of off...it's a quiet residential neighborhood with a couple restaurants, nothing exciting really going on. Unless things there have changed substantially since my day.

H Street NE would be Bushwick, "Williamsburg" would be 14th street/U street/Adams Morgan

awholeparade · #20 Posted **Sep 3, 2014, 2:05 PM**

Denver, Colo. Highlands Baker, Capitol Hill (tie)

Weird, that's actually 3 different neighborhoods: Highlands, Baker and Capitol Hill