tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468179197946374164.post6154144466194238081..comments2023-10-22T07:02:11.798-04:00Comments on brooklynometry: wide and openamarillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06145474039245058818noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468179197946374164.post-49991726581028969152010-02-05T17:38:19.953-05:002010-02-05T17:38:19.953-05:00But of course, we'd rather not have that blowh...But of course, we'd rather not have that blowhard developers' trollop Marty Markowitz try to rewrite history with his witless cheerleading. Lots of Brooklynites didn't want Consolidation because they thought it would change the "American" character of the place, i.e. Catholics and Jews would move over the river.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13334628837533439470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468179197946374164.post-25509185986658004452010-02-05T10:00:19.168-05:002010-02-05T10:00:19.168-05:00Thanks, yes indeed.Thanks, yes indeed.amarillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06145474039245058818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468179197946374164.post-39833251262187140562010-02-05T08:29:47.794-05:002010-02-05T08:29:47.794-05:00Yes, we did want to know this.Yes, we did want to know this.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13334628837533439470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468179197946374164.post-16700400705659547292010-02-05T07:20:32.979-05:002010-02-05T07:20:32.979-05:00I'm guessing that huge pipe is for the water-s...I'm guessing that huge pipe is for the water-supply "aqueduct" that was installed in Brooklyn about that time. It brought fresh water over from the Bronx and Manhattan. Before that, Brooklyn used to get its water from springs in Long Island (thus, "Aqueduct" raceway, "conduit" boulevard, "force-tube" avenue, the Highland Park reservoir, and the reservoir on Eastern Parkway). But this water was not enough, and the deal that sealed Brooklyn becoming part of New York was that Brooklyn could have New York water if it "came in", Marty Markowitz or not.<br />Did anybody want to know this?Old Firsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450204955608047437noreply@blogger.com