Ongoing photo collage that documentsthe changing Greenpoint/Williamsburg waterfront. This is composed of 11 stripsof continuous photographs. Each strip captures the same locations at differentmoments in time. This view covers 2 miles of waterfront beginning at N4th street and continues to the Polaski Bridge.- In May 2005, the New York CityCouncil approved the Department of City Planning’s rezoning proposal for thewaterfront neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Williamsburg in Brooklyn, permittinglight industrial and residential buildings to coexist. While these were alwaysmixed-use neighborhoods, the proposal paved the way for additional housing andpublic space development along two miles of Brooklyn’s East River waterfrontand upland neighborhoods. Height restrictions were significantly relaxed.
Detail view of the rapid development on N4th - N8th Street
A series of photographs showing the before and after the fire at the old Greenpoint Market on West Street
Catalog - Greenpoint Williamsburg 2001 - 2011 cover (2011)
digital print book -178 pgs 8.5” x 11”
This book catalogs and provides side by side visual comparisons of the changing Greenpoint
and Williamsburg waterfront area from 2001 to 2011 - which is before, during and after the
rezoning amendments in 2005.
Books are for Sale!
A book spread showing "elements" of the Greenpoint neighborhood. Books are for sale!
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