{"id":501,"date":"2009-10-12T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/?p=501"},"modified":"2010-02-20T22:49:26","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T03:49:26","slug":"new-yorkgreenpoint-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/new-yorkgreenpoint-3\/","title":{"rendered":"New York\/Greenpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Newtown Creek wastewater treatment plant (the eggs) — Greenpoint, Brooklyn<\/span>
Polshek Partnership Architects — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/span> <\/p>\n

Over the weekend I went to the Newtown Creek sewage plant to tour the famous digester eggs, iconic sludge stomachs that tower over Greenpoint and can be seen from many vantage points around the city. The tour was part of Open House <\/span>New York<\/span>, a yearly event, in which architectural landmarks, not usually accessible, are open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Newtown Creek — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

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Adjacent to Newtown Creek wastewater treatment plant — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/span> <\/p>\n

The eggs dominate a post-apocalyptic industrial landscape, the site of the largest oil spill in US history–still lurking beneath the surface–where ancient crumbling infrastructure meets futuristic high technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Newtown Creek sewage plant — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

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Nature walk — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/p>\n

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Nature walk — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday I walked around with my digital camera after going up on the catwalk above the eggs. There’s a “nature walk” that takes one along Newtown Creek, a walled in pathway leads through and around the treatment plant. It’s both wonderful and alien. The light from a leaden sky pressed down.<\/span><\/p>\n

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N. Henry Street — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/span><\/p>\n

On Sunday I returned with my view camera–brilliant sunshine this time–and walked over the bridge that crosses Newtown Creek, and went up to an immense cemetery that overlooks the area. As to be expected I was chased out as soon as I set up my tripod. Photography not allowed. Fortunately, however, I was not picked up as a suspected terrorist while framing the eggs through the oil tanks next to the creek or the fluttering sunflowers on N. Henry Street.<\/p>\n

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Greenpoint Avenue — \u00a9 Brian Rose<\/span> <\/p>\n

God Bless America.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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