Category Archives: BROOKLYN

Sandy Koufax and the Lost Legacy of Brooklyn’s Lafayette High School

Also published at https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/06/28/sandy-koufax-and-the-lost-legacy-of-brooklyns-lafayette-high-school/ New York City real estate developers care little for preserving the City’s history and our memories. And educators are surprisingly reticent as well. I walked by Lafayette High School, where students had painted magnificent mural tributes to their fellow students who’d died. They updated them There was a time when youth […]

CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: ANOTHER RIDE IS POSSIBLE

All photos by Mitchel Cohen, October 7, 2022. Lyrics by Phil Ochs Scenes of my young years were warm in my mind Visions of shadows that shine ‘Til one day I returned And found they were the victims of the vines Of changes                         […]