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Shot this for a project called A Day in Brooklyn for a non-profit called Positive Focus. This photo did not wend up in the exhibition but it was featured in their newsletter. Years later Empire Skates would become a storage facility. One of the subcultures I wished I had documented. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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