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Peter L’Official

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  • Kids in an empty city lot with graffiti and rubble.

    The Long Reinvention of the South Bronx

    On the mythologies behind urban renewal.
    by Peter L’Official via Literary Hub on August 3, 2020
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Urban Legends: The South Bronx In Representation and Ruin
Peter L’Official
2020
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