The last decade has been very unkind to NYC’s industrial history. Many large abandoned buildings have been bulldozed, and others – which were still actively in use, have also been bulldozed in order to make way for high end condo buildings – which are of course in economic trouble now that the real estate bubble has burst. Here is my short Top 10 list of industrial locations within NYC that have been wiped from the earth in the last 10 years. The majority of these are only being revealed here by their real names for the first time.
1. Schwartz Chemical / The LIRR power house – LIC
2. Pepsi / Standard Oil – LIC
3. Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse – Greenpoint
4. Brooklyn Navy Yard Power Plant – Williamsberg
5. Washburn Wire Factory , Harlem Herion Shooting Gallery – Manhattan
6. Waterside Power Plant, Manhattan
10. Revere/Sucrose Sugar, Red Hook
In the coming months keep an eye out for extensive historic write ups on all of the above locations as well as some of the hundreds of others that we have visited over the last 10 years. We’re not going to stop there though… Keep your click hand free because you’re going to be coming back here for more… a lot more.
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