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🗓️ 17 June 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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0:00.0 | This episode of the Barry Boys is brought to you by the Historic Districts Council. |
0:06.0 | The Citywide Advocate for New York's historic buildings and neighborhoods. |
0:10.0 | For over 50 years, HTC has been the only citywide organization that works directly |
0:17.0 | with the constituency of over 500 local community organizations across all five boroughs |
0:23.0 | to preserve and protect New York's rich architectural, historical, and cultural heritage. |
0:30.0 | Working to landmark and protect significant neighborhoods and buildings and understanding |
0:35.0 | and upholding the New York City landmarks law. |
0:38.0 | For more information, visit hdc.org. |
0:42.0 | Funding for this episode is provided by Public Funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs |
0:48.0 | in partnership with the City Council and Councilmember Benjamin Kaelas. |
0:52.0 | The Barry Boys Episode 390, the story of flatbush, Brooklyn, old, and new. |
1:00.0 | Hey, it's the Barry Boys! |
1:02.0 | Hey! |
1:16.0 | Hi there, welcome to the Barry Boys. This is Greg Young. |
1:19.0 | And this is Tom Myers with a tale of one of the most interesting and iconic neighborhoods |
1:25.0 | in New York and a very old place. |
1:28.0 | We're headed to the Brooklyn neighborhood of flatbush, south of Prospect Park. |
1:34.0 | Over 350 years ago, flatbush was a Dutch village. |
1:41.0 | And there we say rural, in fact, with farms and wheat fields. |
1:47.0 | Now, contrast that with today's flatbush, a place diverse in both housing styles and people, |
1:54.0 | and an anchor of Brooklyn's Caribbean community. |
1:58.0 | Now, when you say flatbush to a Brooklynite of a certain age, |
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