Part 2, from Fall 2017
The bridge from Long Island City to Greenpoint:
A cat!
I like the windows of industrial buildings that give subtle hints of whatever might be inside. Here is a small collection:
More brick walls and building facades:
I also went for a walk in the northern part of Astoria in Queens:
I have always admired the photographs of Bernd and Hilla Becher; they were the first people to systematically photograph and catalog the diverse industrial structures in Germany. They were quite rigorous in their construction of a visual taxonomy, with their austere and objective black and white photographs, always done on a cloudy day. I don't have their conceptual rigor, among other things, but I do like to photograph industrial buildings.
I also like piles of discarded things left on the streets:
This is the facade of a city building. It looks just like the Communist architecture in Bucharest.
A forbidden zone:
Back at Hudson Yards construction:
Looking down at parts of the High Line structure:
Other colorful construction sites around town:
I've never seen a pink garbage truck before:
Here you really see the old Long Island City against the new:
I was happy that someone decided to park a red car here:
I didn't know what this was, a facade painted in grey with strange colorful markings.
It turns out they are putting a new facade on this building, and this is the interim stage:
Faded bricks and painted signs:
A cement truck:
