At some point, the waterfront in Williamsburg was thriving. Ships would unload cargo for the also-thriving factories in the area. Some of the warehouses and factories farther away from the water actually had tracks for freight cars that delivered goods from the river. The area is soon to be thriving again, through the construction of yuppie riverfront extravaganzas. It's coming.
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The lovely and bustling Kent Avenue
The last street in Brooklyn before the river. |
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Warehouses near the water |
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A fine example of local "open plan" architecture
Derelict but decorative |
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Detail |
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Another former warehouse |
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Artful garbage |
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What Donald Trump sees
Facing the other direction. Sorry, I couldn't resist the temptation to take a non-anti-aesthetic photo. |
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The Domino Sugar Factory
From Kent Avenue, in the shadow of the Williamsburg bridge. The factory has its own loading dock, and boats would pull up with their cargo. |
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Side view of the Domino factory
Seriously industrial. |
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The Domino Factory
From a Soviet realist perspective |
