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What was invented at 2 Cumberland St in NYC?
What was invented at 2 Cumberland St in NYC?
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I'm going to throw a dart at a map of
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New York City and investigate the
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history of wherever it lands. This is
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Pinpoint, the series where I uncover the
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history of American city addresses. This
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week I'm heading to two Cumberland,
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which is across the street from the
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Brooklyn Navy Yard and has a surprising
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connection to World War II.
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Established in 1801, the Brooklyn Navy
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Yard was one of the United States' most
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important naval shipbuilding facilities
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for over 150 years. At the [music]
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height of World War II, 70,000 employees
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worked here in the Navy Yard building
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ships. And a lot of those workers ate
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lunch right across the street. So,
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that's two Cumberland and it used to be
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the Cumberland Cafeteria. So, right
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here, Cumberland Cafeteria, was a
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booming business throughout the Navy
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Yard period, peaking during World War II
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when there were 70,000 workers working
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right across the street who would just
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come to lunch every day. But after World
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War II ended on the decks of the Navy
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Yard's own USS Missouri, production
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slowed down in the Navy Yard, which
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meant that business slowed down for Ben
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and Betty who [music] owned the
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Cumberland Cafeteria. Supposedly, over
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the years of working in the cafeteria,
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Betty had gotten disgusted by the state
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of sugar laying out in bowls, discarded
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or spilled by sailors and workers in the
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Navy Yard. She invented pre-measured
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paper packets of sugar, which is why the
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Sweet'N Low logo is over my shoulder
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here. It's cool. I kind of live in the
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neighborhood, so I've walked past this
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mural like a hundred times and I've
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never thought to wonder why someone is
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celebrating Sweet'N Low on this random
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corner in Brooklyn. Since everything is
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so industrial here now, it's hard to
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imagine that this was townhouses [music]
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as recently as the 1940s. And if we go
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back even further, at one Cumberland
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right there, [music] that was a Gothic
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cottage in 1858. I also found out that
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just up the street a little old woman
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named Mary Fitzpatrick was arrested for
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bootlegging in 1921, [music] but we'll
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just have to do her address another day.
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Let me know where you hope the dart
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lands next.
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