Brooklyn's Historic Industrial Waterfront (2003)

            The imposing Manhattan Bridge and the unoccupied warehouses near the East River of Brooklyn's waterfront, a neighborhood nowadays called DUMBO, photographed in the winter of 2003.

This area was mostly deserted, which gave it an surreal atmosphere. The gritty streets and the surrounding buildings were, lucky enough, not yet subject to gentrification.

Purely from a photographic viewpoint, it is unfortunate that this is gone. DUMBO has just become another trendy neighborhood, like SoHo, with luxury condos and shops.
What you see here, the gritty streets of DUMBO, is gone.

I found this image, a full-frame scan from the negative, in my archive; too good to stay in there!
It was photographed with a Nikon F90 loaded with Fuji Neopan 400.

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Taken in: United States / New York / New York / Vinegar Hill (show map)

Taken on: December 27, 2008

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