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    "description": "<p><strong>In place-names lie stories. <br /><br /></strong>That&rsquo;s the truth that animates this fascinating journey through the names of New York City&rsquo;s streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods.<br /><br />Exploring the power of naming to shape experience and our sense of place, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro traces the ways in which native Lenape, Dutch settlers, British invaders, and successive waves of immigrants have left their marks on the city&rsquo;s map. He excavates the roots of many names, from Brooklyn to Harlem, that have gained iconic meaning worldwide. He interviews the last living speakers of Lenape, visits the harbor&rsquo;s forgotten islands, lingers on street corners named for ballplayers and saints, and meets linguists who study the estimated eight hundred languages now spoken in New York.<br /><br />As recent arrivals continue to find new ways to make New York&rsquo;s neighborhoods their own, the names that stick to the city&rsquo;s streets function not only as portals to explore the past but also as a means to reimagine what is possible now.</p>",
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