‘Gentrification’ Archives
Going Back home to Brooklyn — Part 2
As a child on Bergen Street, in Brooklyn, NY, I had so many dreams. One of them was of becoming a hairdresser. At five or six, I would tease, comb and spray my mother’s hair. She never complained, [...]
Going Back home to Brooklyn
Last time I had visited my childhood neighborhood I was 19 years old. It was the mid ’70s. As soon as I got to Smith Street, I was happy to see a crowd. “Great, there’s a parade,” I told [...]
