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 | | Unfortunately, the New York City Council just passed a large-scale rezoning of the waterfront property of Williamsburg and Greenpoint, all of which will soon be ultra-upscale housing. |
 | | Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was founded in 1810 and named after Colonel Williams, the engineer who first surveyed the area. |
 | | For all of its architectural shortcomings, like woeful tenements, large block warehouses, hideous ’70s-style faux-shingled aluminum siding, and, of course, the BQE, spaces like Black and White, Side Show, Cinders Gallery and hundreds of others litter the neighborhood’s landscape. |
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