Thursday, July 3, 2008

I Sing the Tourist Electric!


Even before it was gentrified, Brooklyn was no stranger to America's literati. Walt Whitman "lived in Brooklyn for over half his life and twice as long as he lived anywhere else," says Whitman's Brooklyn. The site is chockablock with illustrations of the other borough, circa 1850, and is packed with tidbits about Whitman and life in NYC generally.--David E

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