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• 1 Robert // Jan 6, 2009 at 11:28 pm

  Notice no people and no activities since it was the freakin depression. maybe you want to see the street like that again so you are gettin your wish.

• 2 Jack // Jan 7, 2009 at 1:59 am

  It’s also the Gowanus Canal area. I could put out a cot and take a nap with no problem.

  And FWIW, on the left is the area that currently houses (housed?) The Yard.

• 3 Carey // Jan 7, 2009 at 10:42 am

  Thanks for posting this. It’s really interesting to compare.

• 4 Toni // Jan 7, 2009 at 12:38 pm

  It looked pretty much the same in the 50’s & 60’s except it was a bustling industrial area. I had to walk that stretch to get to school and the truck traffic was unbelievable! There was also a bar on the southwest corner called Manixes
  ( empty lot now) that had a great juke box and a large picture window with a perfect view of the Williamsburg Bank building. A few times my farther would take me & my sister there to watch the Williamsburg Bank’s clock change for daylight savings time. Sounds corny but for a 12 year old it was great to play that old juke box and stay up until 2 in the morning.
  Shit, I’ve turned in my mother with these ols stories.