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Brooklyn has a way of making first-time visitors feel like they have stumbled into several cities at once. On one block you get brownstones and stoops that look like they belong in a period film, and a few subway stops later you are standing under a steel bridge, eating pizza, walking through a park, or listening to languages from half the globe. That mix is not accidental. Brooklyn has spent generations absorbing new arrivals, reinventing old industrial spaces, and holding