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Neighborhood Joint | Williamsburg: At the Brooklyn Art Library, a Home for Personal Sketchbooks

May 11, 2012

The Brooklyn Art Library houses the ongoing Sketchbook Project, an endeavor that has amassed some 12,500 sketchbooks made by people from more than 130 countries. full story

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