No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn

Since I wrote a blog about Brooklyn the other day, i decided to see what Wikipedia had to say. Come we all know that Brooklyn is where it's at. Sorry I that's cheesy as hell, but I just couldn't resist. How cool is this? If all the boros were independent cities, Brooklyn would be the third largest in the country right behind Los Angeles and Chicago. Hey all the best people are from Brooklyn, including me of course. Just think of all the people if they themselves weren't from Brooklyn that can trace their roots back there.

How cool is this the first major battle of the Revolutionary War after the Declaration Independence was found here. I could cite the rest of the early history, but I think that would be pretty boring to read. In 1898, Brooklyn joined the rest of the city and became one of the Boros of New York City. I thought the article would have went more in depth into the history of Brooklyn, but oh well. You can still see how much Brooklyn has grown over the years from the article. The area has definetly changed a lot economically over the years, in a good way of course.

Here's the more fun part of the article, cultural references. Walt Whitman wrote poetry about Brooklyn, looking back I can't believe they didn't have us read it in school. One of these days I should. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is of course one of the more famous written works on Brooklyn, I haven't read in at least ten years. But I remember it being a very good book, otherwise I wouldn't have named my blog after it. Wow I didn't realize how many novels there were about Brooklyn. Of course, Saturday Night Fever is mentioned. Which is of course from my area. The article then rambles on about other stuff. I guess I thought the article would have gone more into historical aspects and more in depth on cultural references. I can't believe it didn't have anything on food.