How East New York Became a Ghetto

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Summary: WHAT DO YOU KNOW
Review: I LIVED IN ENY---MY FATHER WAS BORN IN 1914 IN ENY. LIVED ON ASHFORD STREET BETWEEN HEGEMAN AVE-NEW LOTS AVE. FATHER WORKED IN POST OFFICE--MOTHER AT A&S. IF YOU WERE BORN ON A STREET IN A "2 FAMILY HOUSE" AND WERE ABLE TO LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN ALL NIGHT--AND SLEEP ON THE FRONT PORCH , AND WAS ABLE TO WALK THE STREETS AT ANY TIME THEN WRITE A BOOK HOW ENY BECAME A GHETTO-----OTHERWISE YOU WHEN YOU START TALKING PUBLIC HOUSING OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PROJECTS" YOU COULD BE TALKING REALITY OR JUST TALKING STUFF. WHEN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CLIMATE CHANGED--PEOPLE MOVED----WITNESS THE REBIRTH OF DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN AND THE SLOPE---PEOPLE WITH MONEY MOVING BACK IN AFTER 75 YEAR DECLINE. THE AREA DIED A QUICK DEATH--I WITNESSED THE EVOLUTION OF ENY. IF YOU WERE FROM ENY --THE NEW LOTS TRAIN STATION WAS THE DIVIDING LINE--THE GHETTO AS YOU CALL IT WAS ALWAYS THERE.