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To: Clemenza
"old Brooklyn" is no more

Very true. But such shifts have been the norm for NYC since the industrial revolution.

17 posted on 01/16/2002 7:28:46 AM PST by NativeNewYorker
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To: NativeNewYorker
Very true. But such shifts have been the norm for NYC since the industrial revolution

Absolutely. In Henry Miller's first novel, Black Spring, the German-American central character (Henry Miller himself), discusses how he and his parents fled from Williamsburgh to Bushwick to get away from the "filthy" Jews and Italians who came with the Williamsburgh Bridge.

23 posted on 01/16/2002 7:47:02 AM PST by Clemenza
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