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Red Hook Hoover City memories from 1934 35 in Bush Street
A former resident recalls slum life in Red Hook during the mid 1930s. He describes 113 Bush Street as cold and lacking facilities, residents surviving on odd jobs, and a community bent on resilience amid New Deal era shifts. He notes Norwegian seamen and relief efforts, plus a humorous yet sobering tale of a squatter.
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Bush Street
Clinton
Hicks Street
Red Hook
Hoover City
Bush — Lorraine
Bay Streets
Court Street
Hicks St
Bay Street
Brooklyn
Hoovervilles
Hoover
Chicago
Bush
Clinton Park
Park Department
Summit St
Norwegian Salvation Army
Norwegian Seamen’s Institute
113 Bush Street