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Go behind the scenes of “Brooklyn’s Big Street Address Mess” - the strange-but-true story of the City of Brooklyn’s grand attempt to fix its street names and house numbers in 1870. Urban historian Jeremy Lechtzin, author of the recent New York Times interactive feature about this saga, will take you on a virtual tour of the streets of 19th century Brooklyn to explore the characters, politics, buildings, maps, and archival photos behind the story.