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1215: The Year of Magna Carta

by Danny Danziger

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— Aug 01, 2011 02:40PM

Jul 06, 2011 06:51PM

“Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber as a word was better. But it did not apply to Williamsburg Brooklyn. Prairie was lovely and Shenandoah had a beautiful sound but you couldn't fit those words into Brooklyn. Serene was the only word for it especially on a Saturday afternoon in summer.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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