The protector of Newtown Creek

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I had the rare privilege of spending part of an evening with the great Mitch Waxman. I would highly recommend to anyone to go on his tours. He is a real raconteur and has an encylopedic knowledge of local history.

I found this on the NY Times archive about Mitch and his passion for the creek.

Published by geoffreyowencobb

I am the author of Greenpoint's Forgotten Past and King of Greenpoint. I also wrote two Williamsburg histories, Williamsburg Transformed and The Rise and Fall of the Sugar King, a history of the Havemeyer sugar empire. My latest book is the Irish in New York, profiling Irish Americans who have shaped the history and culture of the Empire State

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