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Cast in Bronze in Greenpoint
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Shadowed by a wastewater treatment plant, this corner of Greenpoint was once a bronze foundry so famous it is rumored to have been visited by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Roman Bronze Works specialized in the lost-wax casting technique, which allowed artists to produce masterfully detailed sculptures.
Newtown Creek Nature Walk
Walk
The contract to upgrade the Newtown Creek wastewater treatment plant, which began in 1998, included construction of a community nature walk through the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art program. Artist George Trakas’s design revived the long-inaccessible industrial shorelines of Newtown Creek and Whale Creek and provided the first public access to the waterfront in decades.
Roman Bronze Works
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Roman Bronze Works foundry, Green Street, ca. 1910. The Roman foundry, established in 1897, specialized in lost-wax casting and worked with prominent clients, including Tiffany Studios and the sculptor Frederic Remington. In 1927, operations were shifted to the Tiffany factory on 43rd Avenue in Corona, Queens. Today, the former foundry site is occupied by the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (which includes the large silver onion-shaped Digester Eggs, also known as the Sh\*t Tits).
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Greenpoint Newtown Incinerator
Greenpoint incinerator from boundary of Newtown Creek sewage Rx Plant
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Aerial view of Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant and Whale Creek, 1996.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Newtown Creek Nature Walk near Kingsland Avenue, 2021.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Newtown Creek Nature Walk and Manhattan skyline, 2010.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Newtown Creek Nature Walk Vessel porthole looking onto wastewater treatment plant, 2007.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Opening ceremony of the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, kayakers in creek, September 29, 2007.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Newtown Creek Nature Walk, ginkgoes and tree fossils unearthed during construction of the Gilboa Dam, the northernmost point in the City’s water supply system, 2021.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Board of Water Supply. Williamsburg Conduit. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. Contractor's pipe storage yard at the foot of Huron Street on Wales Creek (Whale Creek). In the foreground is an electrically operated traveling crane for loading the steel pipes on trucks for installation in the steel pipeline. In the background is an Erie lighter delivering the pipes to the storage yard. (This site is now occupied by the Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility.) June 22, 1925.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Canoe launching from the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, September 29, 2007.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Vessel at the Newtown Creek Nature Walk at night, on axis with Empire State Building, 2007.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Newtown Creek Nature Walk bridges over Whale Creek, 2021.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
For the Newtown Creek Armada installation by artists Laura Chipley, Nathan Kensinger, and Sarah Nelson Wright, visitors guided remote-controlled miniature boats to document the creek. September 2012.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Opening ceremony of the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, September 29, 2007.
Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility
Roman Bronze Works
Green Street. Roman Bronze Works.
275-289 Green Street
Green Street. Roman Bronze Works, finishing room.
275-289 Green Street
Green Street. Roman Bronze Works, new foundry, interior.
275-289 Green Street
Roman Bronze Works, model room.
275-289 Green Street
Green Street. Roman Bronze Works, old foundry, interior.
275-289 Green Street
Roman Bronze Works, model room.
340 McGuinness Boulevard
\[East side of Oakland Street between Green Street and Freeman Street.] East side of Oakland Street between Green Street and Freeman Street.
McGuinness Boulevard and Freeman Street
Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Peter F. Connolly Company, contractor. View on Oakland Street looking south from Freeman Street. Showing construction of a new sewer in the sidewalk. August 4, 1926.
McGuinness Boulevard and Freeman Street
Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Peter F. Connolly Company, contractor. View on Oakland Street looking north from Freeman Street. Showing the condition of the street during construction. August 4, 1926.
247 Java Street
\[#247 Java Street.] \#247 Java Street.
243 Java Street
\[#243 Java Street.] \#243 Java Street.
Dupont Street and McGuinness Boulevard (Oakland Street)
\[Northwest corner of Dupont Street and Oakland Street, Greenpoint.] Northwest corner of Dupont Street and Oakland Street, Greenpoint.
211 Green Street
\[North side of Green Street, between Manhattan Avenue and Oakland Street, looking west.] North side of Green Street, between Manhattan Avenue and Oakland Street, looking west.
McGuinness Boulevard and Paidge Avenue
Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Peter F. Connolly Company, contractor. View on Oakland Street (now McGuinness Boulevard), looking south from a point near Paidge Street (now Paidge Avenue). Showing excavation of trench. John Hassall, Inc. building at what is now 400 McGuinness Boulevard. June 24, 1926.
203 Freeman Street
\[#203 Freeman Street.] \#203 Freeman Street (north side of street, between Manhattan Avenue and Oakland St.) Greenpoint.
294A McGuinness Boulevard
Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Peter F. Connolly Company, contractor. View on Oakland Street, looking north from a point midway between India Street and Java Street. Showing the sheeted trench completed and ready for laying the pipes. September 29, 1926.
161 Dupont Street
\[#161 Dupont Street.] \#161 Dupont Street (Greenpoint).
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