Jonathan Safran Foer, tastemaker

Yet another feather in the cap of our JSF–the New York Times lauds him as the new determinant of Brooklyn cool owing to his recent purchase of a condo in Park Slope:

Maybe Brooklyn can finally stop feeling the need to promote itself as some kind of hip equal to Manhattan. Here is a loaded celebrity author who could afford to buy anywhere – he doesn’t even have children who would need extra bedrooms and a yard – and he has chosen Brooklyn over Manhattan for his lifestyle upgrade. Bravo, Brooklyn. Paying $6.75 million to live a half-hour subway ride from Greenwich Village. That tells the world that you’re not an outskirt. You’re a mecca.

Everyone’s idea of a mecca: Extremely Quiet and Not Really All That Close. Welcome, JSF!

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