It is 23.7 miles from here to there, from today until tomorrow, from this dusty old epicenter for the bedroom communities of Nassau County to the gleaming basilica at the hipster heart of Brooklyn. Twenty-three-point-seven miles from Nassau Coliseum to Barclays Center, and a few things are already apparent:
The moving vans won’t be easily loaded. The change-of-address cards won’t be mailed anytime soon — or anytime at all if the voices that fuel this old barn had a say. Before they wrap this old silo in padlocks, those voices will rise for as long as they’re allowed.