I loved these bundles of scrunched up scrap metal:
A typical view of a vacant lot with random debris:
Some of the industrial areas are painted bright colors, though:
This is an amazing enormous abandoned building, built as a grain terminal for barges coming down the Hudson River from the Erie Canal. It was quickly made obsolete by the railroads, and has been empty ever since. It's made of very solid concrete.
In front of this building are several ball-playing fields, except that they are now closed on account of too much pollution in the ground.
Storage for those wire scaffoldings they use in concrete:
The main street of Red Hook is a curious combination of high-end bicycle shops, hip restaurants, and assorted abandoned lots like these. Though they will clearly be gone in a few years.
And some odd store windows:
And some colorful piles of assorted stuff along the same street:
Eventually you get to some very active modern port facilities for container ships, etc.
But there are still the odd buildings overlooking the container port. This one was isolated on a corner, and had views of the port. Me too!
Don't know what this was about:
Or this: (If I removed the green barrel, it would make an excellent red, yellow, blue picture.
And finally, home for the ice cream trucks:
There is a lot more that I didn't see, so I will be back for more.
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