1.0RENATUREDhttps://o-matic.com/blogMarinahttps://o-matic.com/blog/blog/author/admin/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.   <img class="alignnone wp-image-4029" src="http://o-matic.com/blog//wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-23-13.02.59-1-1024x1024.jpg" alt="2016-06-23 13.02.59-1" width="488" height="560" /> whale creek inlet <a href="http://o-matic.com/blog//wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-23-13.09.33-1.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-4030" src="http://o-matic.com/blog//wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-23-13.09.33-1-1024x1024.jpg" alt="2016-06-23 13.09.33-1" width="486" height="481" /> </a> 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. <a href="http://o-matic.com/blog//wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-23-13.29.08.jpg"><img class="alignnone wp-image-4031" src="http://o-matic.com/blog//wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-23-13.29.08-1024x1024.jpg" alt="2016-06-23 13.29.08" width="483" height="475" /> </a> this guy ran out of gas and was paddling to the put-in with a hose on a stick. he works for bridge safety. <img class="alignnone wp-image-4028" src="http://o-matic.com/blog//wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-23-13.52.33-1024x1024.jpg" alt="2016-06-23 13.52.33" width="480" height="588" /> 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.  rich