Building Brooklyn: Finntown
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English - October 20, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 164 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture brooklyn censorship librarian neighborhood archive books library publiclibrary reading storytime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the early 1900s, if you walked around Sunset Park, you might have heard Finnish being spoken on the streets. That's because the neighborhood was home to the largest concentration of Finns in New York City, and though most have since gone from Brooklyn, they left behind their co-operative spirit. The Finns built the first non-profit co-operative apartment buildings in the nation, many of which are still standing today.
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