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The arts of crafts in Williamsburg

New York neighborhood reflects not only gentrification but also ingenuity

By Jonathan Levitt

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 18, 2012

Even with the newest wave of waterfront high-rise condominiums and gourmet cheese shops, much of the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn still feels appealingly scruffy. But that is changing quickly. The renegade artists, biker gangs, and packs of feral dogs are long gone, replaced with young professionals, students, and urban back-to-the-landers. It seems that the brownfields have been resettled by the brownstoners.

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