Tag Archive | NY City Lens

Brooklyn: Repurposed

By Justine Miller on February 11, 2016 Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Recycled, Recycled Brooklyn, Red Hook, Repurposed, Urban Chandy, Woodwork Brooklyn, Multimedia, Video

Two Brooklynites use reclaimed wood to create one-of-kind light fixtures and furniture

On the Hot Seat Over Boilers

By Caroline Anderson on March 1, 2014 boilers, Brooklyn, Carey Gardens, City Council, Committee on Public Housing, Committee on Recovery and Resilience, Coney Island, fema, Hurricane Sandy, Laurie Cumbo, mark treyger, New York City Housing Authority, NYCHA, public housing, Raymond Ribeiro, Red Hook, ritchie torres, Sandy, Shirley Aikens, temporary boilers Two New Yorks, What's New?

A post-Sandy “temporary” solution falls short in Red Hook and Coney Island

Red Hook Grain Silos Play Host to a Music Festival

By Hilary George-Parkin on September 30, 2013 Brooklyn, Red Hook NY City Scene

The hulking Red Hook Grain Terminal has loomed over the mouth of the Gowanus Canal since 1922. Following the decline of the industry it was built to support, its concrete silos have been abandoned for nearly half a century, a relic of Brooklyn’s industrial past.