Category: Field Guide to the Dark Ecologies of Newtown Creek

Connor and I walked over to the Newtown Creek Nature Park and spent an hour there talking about the creek, industry and remove…what an amazing respite from the rest of the city.

whale creek inlet

Facing Queens from the steps that mislead you to think of walking into the Creek.
They’re designed a bit like the ghats in India.

this guy ran out of gas and was paddling to the put-in with a hose on a stick. he works for bridge safety.

and this is an incredible odd sculpture along the Greenpoint Ave side of the Wastewater Treatment Facility. It’s not an entrance to the building, but a strange inside/outside overbuilt water feature.