Red Hook Future Bright if We See Possibilities Now
Editorial argues Red Hook and Columbia Street waterfront districts can rebound from highway era damage. It credits Brooklyn revival, safer streets, and Greg O Connor for vision, and urges waterfront parkland and sustainable transit while examining Brooklyn Bridge Park as a model and cautionary example.
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Columbia Street
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Greg O’connell
Life Magazine's Red Hook crack era report revisited span
A excerpt recalls Life magazine's nine page Red Hook Housing piece by Edward Barnes. It details crack cocaine devastation in South Brooklyn, noting crime rise, clinic cases, and the drug trade's reach across 33 acres and 31 buildings.
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Life Magazine
Red Hook
Edward Barnes
Hook
Mike Tyson
Robin Givens
Sylvester Stallone
Loudon Wainwright
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