My Birthplace

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Three-quarters of a century ago,

I was born at Hunt's Point Hospital

in the only borough

of New York City

that is part of

continental 

United States

 

Quite recently I read 

a lengthy article

entitled

PARADISE BRONX

 and learned that 

Hunt's Point is presently

the world's largest

food distribution center

 

Much more than two centuries ago,

the borough figured significantly

in the Revolutionary War 

and the caption below

the South Bronx map

is pure truth 

 

"The subways created the modern Bronx

and the highways almost destroyed it"

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