Three Views of the Port of New York Grain Terminal

There is a large, abandoned Grain Terminal at the edge of Red Hook. The hulking concrete building has always held a certain sway over me-- it's sheer mass, lording over the ball fields off Columbia Street, is hard to ignore. Inside the place is enormous and utterly silent-- there are two large rooms, and staircases and grain tubes that snake up the full height of the building. On the intermediate floors, there are all sorts of half-open rooms filled with pigeon shit and graffiti. High above everything is the roof of the tallest tower--a perfect place to stare down at South Brooklyn, half asleep in the fog.

Comments

[Kelley]

I love these pictures, especially the light sources. They remind me of some of your much earlier works. I think I like them because the light makes a personal connection. They are amazing.

[Dalton]

Wow, wow, wow. I can't tell you how many times I have circled the perimeter of that building, looking for a way in. Great shots! #2 is especially cool.

[jenene]

ooh! i snuck in here last spring and it was so spooky beautiful!!!

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[janelle]

nice!

[eliz]

this was so fun. i'll get my pics up tonight, including that one of you dangling over the water...

[John van der Doe]

Grainelevators are something special to me after 12 years working in one of them in Windsor, ON.

John.