Last night, I watched A Hole in a Fence which plays in Red Hook, Brooklyn and was filmed in Spring 2006, Pre-Ikea. Living in a neighboring neighborhood to Red Hook and having gone to IKEA many times already, this documentary hit home.
(thank you peter)
I lived in Red Hook from 2003-2005 (Monarch luggage factory), and I have mixed feelings about what’s happened there since I left. Even at that time there was a lot of apprehension on the part of long-time residents about the loft conversions going on (and people like me moving into them), but I still felt like I was living in the wilderness.
So is that house (the one covered in tarpaper) gone now?
Jan 22nd, 2009 / 10:17 am
How does the kid know the word “gentrify?”
Jan 25th, 2009 / 10:25 pm