{"id":3675,"date":"2020-03-13T12:41:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T17:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2020-03-29T13:56:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T18:56:02","slug":"red-hook-brooklyn-before-the-gentrification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/red-hook-brooklyn-before-the-gentrification\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Hook, Brooklyn, before the Gentrification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Red Hook, Brooklyn, before the Gentrification\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VRrLdrf-Rbc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On a beautiful spring day in the mid 1990s, I meandered the streets of Red Hook, when it was still a rundown Brooklyn neighborhood. 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