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Carl Hancock Rux

Carl Hancock Rux, author of Asphalt, has lived in Fort Greene for more than a decade.

Rich Man, Poor Man: A History of Fort Greene

“The poverty stricken condition of the inhabitants residing in the [Fort Green*/Clinton Hill district] of Brooklyn render it almost an unknown land,” or so claimed an article published in the New York Times titled “Homes of the Poor.”

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The Brooklyn Rail

SEPT 2023

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