Image: ALKU & ALKU TOINEN, KINGS COUNTY, NEW YORK

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Description: SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN; IN 1916, 16 FAMILIES FORMED THE FINNISH HOME BUILDING ASSOCIATION AND BROKE GROUND ON TWO COOPERATIVE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ALKU (MEANING “BEGINNING”), AND ALKU TOINEN (TOINEN MEANING “TWO”), THE NATION’S FIRST NON-PROFIT, COOPERATIVELY-OWNED APARTMENT BUILDINGS. THIS PICTURE IS OF ALKY TOINEN AT 823 43RD ST.
Title: ALKU & ALKU TOINEN, KINGS COUNTY, NEW YORK
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Author: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D.
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