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by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/26/2016, 7:00am PDT |
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A buddy of mine wrote a book called The Brooklyn Wars. I backed his Kickstarter and got a copy. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, so this is not me recommending it because it is so awesome, but because he is a meticulous researcher, amazing writer in other things and all-around good guy. Neil wrote a text game back in the day (which is how I originally knew him.) He also wrote the book Field of Schemes, about what frigging scams most sports stadiums are. He has also written for Baseball Prospectus. I know that the mark of a good Kickstarter is when the guy gets the money and lights his wares on fire, but this is a close second.
This site for his book is here: http://www.brooklynwars.com/
Here is the blurb:
The Brooklyn Wars
The Stories Behind the Remaking of New York’s Most Celebrated Borough
by Neil deMause
Across the globe, the word “Brooklyn” has come to represent cutting-edge cuisine, a vibrant music and literary culture, and the epitome of hip. But most of the world doesn’t see the price that local residents pay as their neighborhoods are swallowed by change.
In The Brooklyn Wars (Second System Press, $14.95; ebook $4.99), masterful storyteller and award-winning journalist Neil deMause turns a spotlight on the borough’s transformation. Through the stories of neighborhoods from Coney Island to Bushwick to downtown and Atlantic Yards, The Brooklyn Wars investigates how the New Brooklyn came to be, who shaped it — and the winners and losers when “urban renaissance” comes to town.
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