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A brief history of some of the many inventors and innovators who have called Bushwick home.
A brief history of some of the many inventors and innovators who have called Bushwick home.
In recent years, an influx of tech workers, followed by an influx of tech facilities and speculation about even more tech development, has been a highly visible part of the ongoing public discourse about gentrification in North Brooklyn. In the public sector, tech figures prominently in the Department of City Planning’s North Brooklyn Industry and Innovation plan; in the private sector, several coworking spaces and modernized office buildings are in the works in the neighborhood.
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