(4/5)- Toxic: Brooklyn

FOR PART 5 VISIT:
http://www.vbs.tv/player.php?bccl=NzQxODkxOTgxX19ORVdT=


We decided to make a documentary about Williamsburg because our office is here and many of us have been lurking these parts for upwards of a decade. What had once been a bargain neighborhood close to Manhattan, albeit with some dangerous amenities, has now flourished into quite the sophisticated outpost. The first wave of kids that came along put up curtains and dusted off the rubble, but soon the ambience chasers had migrated in en masse and totally remade the place. This sprucing made us happy. It also made property owners happy. People who were sitting on abandoned warehouses and old factories reaching all the way into Greenpoint realized their shit had turned to gold. But what we here at Vice didn't realize was that under all of this snazzy development was a subterranean environment heavily damaged by decades of industrial activity. And it wasn't just us--an ever younger and expanding population was tripping on in blissfully unaware of the residual toxicity harbored in a place increasingly known for art galleries, great bars, and restaurants.

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[Jvaughan777spider]

ny is the toilet of the us.

[sills84]

yea wheres part 3 ffs its not on vbs.tv site either

[29Jill]

WTF happened to part 3?

[okendido]

@fruityman24 people that can't afford manhattan but need to be nearby.

[fruityman24]

who the hell would want to live in brooklyn anyways? And isnt that the same homo from the anti smoking commercials?

[fruityman24]

dork go cry somewhere else.

[belagiorgo]

ahh round the world happents need to stop that fucken riches peopeles!

[fotosantafe]

Ustedes no conocen EL RIACHUELO en Argentina?. Ese río es transparente en comparación con EL RIACHUELO

[iCommunityTV]

That's disgusting! Nice report, if you're interested in citizen journalism, this would be great if embedded over at iCommunity:TV. Keep up the good work...

[jzisiades]

please help with legal defense fund - see profile