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Somewhere in Brooklyn
Set in 1970s Brooklyn, Somewhere in Brooklyn follows a man who walks away from corporate comfort and lands in the borough’s street-level world of communes, odd jobs, survival bargains, and reinvention. It is a Brooklyn literary story about falling hard, finding nerve, and building a life back from the curb.
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Hall of Poetic Justice26 min
Broke and crashing on a friend's floor, Kenny digs a thrift-store suit out of the wreckage to bluff his way back into 1974 corporate America.
Lights Out23 min
After months sleeping in a commune hallway, Park Slope's scrappiest mover finally lands a place of his own — a converted pantry he calls paradise.
Remembering Margaret17 min
Kenny's moving crew babysits a forgetful, fire-prone grande dame through the gutting of Brooklyn's grand Hotel Margaret.
Brooklynite3 min
A cab driver's hunch on the Brooklyn Bridge convinces a corporate man to walk away and chase the borough's strange, take-charge magic.
Us and Them15 min
Two beat cops wander into a hippie coffee house, accept a free cup, and lose themselves in quadraphonic Pink Floyd.
When Denim Surrendered to Silk18 min
From his Prospect Park writing bench, Kenny watches gentrification chain the doors on the Brooklyn that raised him.