[“Druggist Is Mayor, Judge, Boss and Prof at Times.” The Brooklyn Eagle, November 4, 1936. Click for a larger view.]
An indefatigable reader tracked down the pharmacist whose pharmacy was destroyed to make way for the Gowanus Parkway: Dr. Max Korowitz, who bought the pharmacy at 4523 3rd Avenue in 1916.
Thanks, Brian.
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Dr. Max Korowitz
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Well researched, Brian!
This makes me so sad... for the lost neighborhood of 3rd Avenue.
I teared up watching a Ken Burns clip about the Cross Bronx Expressway. I drove it for years, commuting to college with no idea of what it did to the borough’s neighborhoods.
I read the One Mile chapter about the Cross Bronx devastation when I was 18 years old... had a bit affect on my entire life.
I finished that chapter this morning, and I don't think I've ever been angrier when reading a book. I wonder if anyone has tried to make a case for reparations to the descendants of those displaced tenants.
By the way, there’s an obituary online for Lillian Edelstein — what a hero.
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