Brooklyn's Industrial Waterfront

In 2007, the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed Brooklyn's entire industrial waterfront at the top of their list of "America's 11 Most Endangered Places."

These photographs are selections from a larger body of work documenting Brooklyn's fading industrial heritage. Begun in 2003, this series contains thousands of photographs from unique locations along the waterfront. Many of these locations no longer exist, having been razed or filled in as New York's development boom marches on.

The photos range from Greenpoint in the North down through Dead Horse Bay in the south, and include shots from inside the Domino Sugar Refinery, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Revere Sugar Refinery, the Brooklyn Army Terminal and Floyd Bennett Field.

Selections from this series have twice won awards from the Brooklyn Library - in 2006 and 2007 - and are a part of their permanent archive. In 2008, the Brooklyn Library will host an exhibition of this work at the Grand Army Plaza main branch.

For more information on this series, please contact Nathan Kensinger at thegowanus@yahoo.com