TONIGHT! July 13th: NEWTOWN CREEK book launch at Storefront for Art and Architecture · Jul 13, 07:33 AM
Newtown Creek book launch
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Storefront for Art and Architecture
97 Kenmare Street
10012 New York, NY
Tel. 212.431.5795
Fax 212.431.5755
A tributary of New York’s East River that forms part of the border between Brooklyn and Queens, Newtown Creek has long been at the heart of the city’s “industrial backyard,” serving as home to numerous industries, storage/warehouse facilities, waste transfer stations, and power plants, and as the dumping ground for unwanted byproducts and toxic waste.
Newtown Creek: A Photographic Survey of New York’s Industrial Waterfront is an extensive documentation of this forgotten landscape that shows the evolution of the built environment over five years in more than 230 images. Photographer Anthony Hamboussi followed the creek through the neighborhoods of Hunter’s Point, Greenpoint, and Bushwick, shooting over fences and gates where he could not gain access, to record the bare industrial landscape. From the ruins of Morgan Oil and the Newtown Metal Corporation, to the construction of the new water treatment facility, to the footprints of the former Maspeth gas holders, Hamboussi recorded sites that may soon undergo further transformations. His survey captures the creek at a moment in time when gentrification and revitalization are just starting to change the area, providing a glimpse into the history of industrial New York.
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