New Story: Christmas Eve, Buffalo Soldier’s House and Pseudo-Brooklyn Apartments

Posted on December 24, 2016 | 1 Comment

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Some of Les Paul Garner’s earliest memories are of running through a line of his friends with the ball, shirtless and exhilarated and sweating in the summer heat, and learning to ride his bike around the corner on Oak Street.

New condo dwellers walk their AKC-registered dogs past the last Buffalo Soldier’s house in Brooklyn.

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One response to “New Story: Christmas Eve, Buffalo Soldier’s House and Pseudo-Brooklyn Apartments”

Bill Ectric | December 24, 2016 at 1:45 pm |

Quite a juxtaposition between historical and modern.

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