New York’s Governor De Witt Clinton is the namesake of Clinton Hill, which today remains an upscale neighborhood of mansions and stately townhomes. Carroll Gardens is named after Charles Carroll of Maryland, who signed the Declaration of Independence (though he was never a resident), and the Revolutionary War general Nathaniel Greene gave his name to Fort Greene. The world’s tallest Doric Column stands in Ft. Greene Park, on the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, marking a tomb dating from Revolutionary times.

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Except for a two year period when i called Bed-Stuy, home; I have been living in Clinton Hill and it has grown into me. The streets, the neighborhood, the brownstones, streets, restaurants, supermarkets, shops are all something that I can relate to.

Bordered by Fort Greene, the Navy Yard, Bedford-Stuyvesant and the Atlantic Navy Yard, Clinton Hill is today one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in New York City.

All it lacked was a point of gathering in the virtual world. This blog shall try to become the place.

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