Characterless, Driverless, Cashless, and Wireless. In today’s Zippy: The Thomas Wolfe quote is about old, authentic Brooklyn, from his famous short story “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn” (originally in the New Yorker on 6/15/35), which begins: Dere’s no guy livin’ dat knows Brooklyn t’roo an’ t’roo, because it’d take a guy a lifetime just to find … Continue reading Cold Comfort Brooklyn