Comments on: Anthony Hamboussi, Newtown Creek – A Photographic Survey of New York’s Industrial Waterway

By: Pat the Baton Rouge Property Manager

Pat the Baton Rouge Property Manager — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:51:52 +0000

The first picture aptly depicts a gloomy present and future for this place.

The Newtown Creek should be rehabilitated; waste and pollution being dumped here should be regulated. This brings a host of health issues just waiting to explode. Isn’t it a wonder why

By: Prof. M.Browne

Prof. M.Browne — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:06:15 +0000

Very interesting article, the irony of the ‘Newtown Pippin’ is well made and poignant in the light of the industrialisation that came in its wake.

By: Alisah Johnson

Alisah Johnson — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:21:46 +0000

So informative that could also help..people understand the flow of water and electricity..right?

By: solar

solar — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:57:41 +0000

Photographic surveys are useful in their own ways. Just take for example the survey which they did in New York’s Industrial Waterway by Anthony Hamboussi separating north Brooklyn from the western perimeters of Queens, flowing westward towards the East River. Images are presented chronologically for clarity purposes. This can be really useful if one wants to know more about the development of such a place. Photos can tell a thousand words as the old saying goes, and that has been long proven.

Green Diy

By: sean wrenn

sean wrenn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:17:46 +0000

Very well written- concise and insightful much like the book. Both hit close to home. I find it marvelous that the now stagnant murk of the English Kills Canals at one time supported tide-mills! Before the walling off of the natural creek bed (into a canal dead end of combined sewer overflow effluence and oil run-off), the Newtown Creek was a living waterway with the tides powering early industries.

http://www.bushwickbiennial.com/scrapworm_boswijk_bb.pdf