The Fortress of Solitude

Details

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Name

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Author

Jonathan Lethem

Year

2003

Neighborhood lens

Boerum Hill blocks before they were a real estate keyword

Best read on

G train between Hoyt–Schermerhorn and Nassau Ave

My take

Nails that weird childhood feeling where the same stoop can be both your entire universe and a place you’re never fully allowed to belong to.