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Brooklyn memories and modern politics chat on Patrician block
Readers discuss Graubard's look at Brooklyn politics and the Model Block in Gowanus Public Place and Cobble Hill Cinema. The letters reference DeSapio era Irish Italian clashes and Cuomo budget moves with MTA funding woes and CARE bailouts.
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Graubard
Brooklyn
Focus Group
Bob Morgenthau
Carmine DeSapio
Bleecker Street
Bob
Gowanus
Public Place
Cobble Hill
Clownstick von Fuckface
Capitol
Bernie
Joe Enright
Union Street
van Brunt St
Columbia Street
DeSapio
Tammany
Wikipedia
Fiorello LaGuardia
D’ Abe Lincoln
Cuomo
MTA