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lisa.riordan wrote a new blog post: The Polish of South Brooklyn 2 days, 10 hours ago
Since 1986, Poles in South Brooklyn have frequented Jaga-Pol Service, a mailing shop and notary on Forth Avenue. They drop by to have packages sent to family back home, complicated forms explained and taxes done. They stay to talk about family, gossip and seek council.
“When something is bad, they come. When something is good, they [...]
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lisa.riordan wrote a new blog post: Weary Investors Go for Gold, But Sunset Park Isn’t Buying It 1 week, 2 days ago
Want to put a finger on the pulse of the economy? Look to the price of gold.
The metal hit a new high of $1119 per once on Wednesday as wary investors ran to sink their savings into a stock even their grandmothers could love. Investors often turn to gold as a safe investment when confidence [...]
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lisa.riordan wrote a new blog post: Wang Bing Projects on Brooklyn’s Industrial Past 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Chinese documentarian Wang Bing made a name for himself with Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, the nine hour chronicle of the demise of an industrial district in northeast China. Crude Oil, which follows a 14-hour workday of crude-oil extraction the Gobi desert of Inner Mongolia, runs 14.
From November 4-8, Light Industry, an alternative [...]
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