Brooklyn in Love & at War

My grandparents' World War 2 Love Letters

Why should I develop those horrible bourgeois traits!

Happy Thanksgiving! Today, in honor of the chaotic consumerism that is Black Friday, we have a letter from Sylvia written the week after Thanksgiving expressing some jealousy of her neighbor’s … Continue reading

November 25, 2022 · Leave a comment

Beauty Parlors and Weddings

We are going back a few years in this letter, to the time before Sylvia moved into her apartment in the Brooklyn Navy Yard projects. This letter is particularly gossipy … Continue reading

September 12, 2012 · 1 Comment