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# Style Warz: Manhattan Ballet Shoes vs Brooklyn Sneakers
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/style-warz-manhattan-vs-brooklyn/
- Published: 2011-06-02T18:20:17.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:02:46.000Z
- Description: I love aesthetic battles and I secretly miss the war of subcultures (through style, of course) that was a staple of the late 20th C. Think mods vs punks, but in a Manhattan (ballet shoes, of course) vs. Brooklyn (sneakers, wassup) kinda way. I spotted this today and it stopped me in my tracks. Me li
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, #image-position-hidden, Brooklyn, Manhattan, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2011/06/balletshoesparkave.jpg)

Ballet shoes hang from a walk sign at 60th Street and Park Avenue. (photo by Hyperallergic)

I love aesthetic battles and I secretly miss the war of subcultures (through style, of course) that was a staple of the late 20th C. Think mods vs punks, but in a Manhattan (ballet shoes, of course) vs. Brooklyn (sneakers, wassup) kinda way. I spotted this today and it stopped me in my tracks. Me likey.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2011/06/brooklynsneakerswire.jpg)

Sneakers on a wire on North 11th St (via flickr.com/bitchcakes)