A vanished neighborhood …

… Legendary Writer Henry Miller Recalls Williamsburg of The 1890s - GreenpointersGreenpointers. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Reading Miller’s writings, the neighborhood comes into focus through the eyes of a mischievous young lad who would later be censored by the United States Post Office for his shocking prose. Miller recalled first being rebuked for his language at the police station at Bedford Avenue where he was dragged by the arm one afternoon by a babysitter at the age of 6 or 7 years old; the crime he had committed was to use dirty language in her presence – the first of many times Miller would shock people with his language.