Saturday, February 24th 2007

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upfromflames: Well, its a continuum of controversy, on which I, as a young historian working with FDNY vets and active figures in city politics, am trying to place myself on the safe side of. I'll tell that tale in the coming weeks. But if you would like to know the other...

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upfromflames: Cuban Refugees? I never heard that angle before! I always thought it was Puerto Ricans spilling over and displaced form Williamsburg...interesting. I guess they moved on from the area. Nowadays, by the way, Bushwick is home to the second largest concentration of Mexicans in Brooklyn (great tortilla factories!) and many...

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that one?: www.citynoise.org/article/6316

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Sammy: A controversial answer? You have my curiosity now! Spill the beans! I am intrigued.

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GEEZO: ROCK ROCK ON ....GWS RESPECTS

in response to Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint

elise: i love montreal i go there twice a year to see my aunt and uncle and older cousins they live in westmount

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susanw: I grew up on Cooper St. between Wilson and Knickerbocker and the upinflames mention of Fr. Peter Mahoney blew me away - I have been in touch with a nun from Fourteen Holy Martyrs, the church and school he was talking about. My family lived there from the early 50's to...

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upfromflames: But I do worry about other less innocuous spaces...like this one... When you see new housing boarded up, that is a red flag that something is wrong. Is it about the financial viability of the owner, a lack of rent payment on the part of tenant, a state loan pocketed? there...

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upfromflames: Brad: Thanks for those sound clips. They hint at the fog of was that was such a part of this overwhelming time for the FDNY. I think that same fog of war is in part what obscured the causality of the fires. I'll get back with more on that in...

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Brad: Darn, I'll be in NYC March 11-17th, way before the project is up and running. Will it also be available to view online? Here is some audio from the FDNY's "War Year's". The 2nd one is from New Year's Eve 1970, the other two I haven't heard, so I'm not sure,...

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ed: i miss it there

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upfromflames: If you might suspect by my oblique approach, there is a controversial answer that I want to approach very carefully...maybe one of you could do it first...

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upfromflames: Sammy: Thanks for that link to wiki's description of Bushwick. It is indeed a good one, but it does repeat the common historical flaw of Bushwick history: the fires associated with the blackout were an effect of the "fire storm" (FDNY term) in Bushwick, not a cause. If you look...

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