Continued from Part 1 It was the first really hot day in May (2017), and I went forth to DUMBO on a mission. As it turns out I had to…
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It was the first really hot day in May (2017), and I went forth to DUMBO on a mission. As it turns out I had to abort the mission, as…
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For years it was, for me, the Holy Grail of ancient lamppost photo opportunities: an original Corvington lamppost trapped behind the gates of a Con Edison substation like a bug…
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Jane’s Carousel, a relatively recent addition to Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, was purchased at auction by David and Jane Walentas in 1984 (the family has been the main real estate…
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Over the winter [2015] I worked in DUMBO for several weeks. One of my favorite buildings in the neighborhood is the Thomson Meter Building at Jay and York Streets; its…
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Now the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, this building, opened in 1926, was formerly used to berth fireboats and dry out lengthy firehoses, hence the tower. For years I was under…
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The Hanan Company was among the first to stamp its firm’s name on every shoe, a daring idea at a time when most people still sought shoes handmade by the…
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This painted ad on Anchorage Place and Water Street, right next to the Manhattan Bridge, was shot from a pedestrian underpass that was closed for decades until rapid development in…
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Since I’m working for a few weeks in one of the many buildings constructed in DUMBO (or Down Under the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge Overpasses) by industrialist Robert Gair’s company,…
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The E.W. Bliss Machine Works building occupies the whole block between Plymouth, John, Adams and Pearl in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Between 1879 and c. 1900, Eliphalet W. Bliss erected three buildings…
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One of Brooklyn’s more impressive cast-iron building facades is the Long Island Safe Deposit Company building, at #1 Front Street at Old Fulton Street in DUMBO (one of my favorite…
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ForgottenFans gather at the Eagle Warehouse in what was one of the better attended tours the past couple of years. This handsome warehouse on Old Fulton Street across from Front,…