This week, Brooklyn Paper’s reports that the Woody Guthrie family would like to set up a memorial for Woody in Coney Island. I think it is one fantastic idea. He is one of my heroes and a great American icon.

I did not know this but thanks to Gowanus Lounge now I do:  Woody and family lived on Mermaid Avenue. I do know that Arlo Guthrie attended Woodward Park School, which used to be on Prospect Park West and First Street (now the site of The Polyprep School).

The family is talking about a rock with the lyrics to "This Land is Your Land" on East 36th Street and Mermaid Avenue.

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