By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Ira S. Bushey and Sons, for three generations was a nationally significant business located in Brooklyn’s Red Hook. Moreover, the tanker MARY A. Whalen, homeship of PortSide NewYork was built for Ira S. Bushey. Ira S. Bushey was born in...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
From the artist: In the spring of 2015 artist Jim Ebersole was invited by Portside NewYork to paint and draw the Mary A. Whalen and her surroundings during the last weeks of her time inside the Red Hook Container Terminal. He spent several days...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Joshua Slocum and his sloop SPRAY arrived in Erie Basin, October 2, 1900 to Manning's Dock. He is said to be the first person to sail around the world alone, without even a cat or dog for companionship. Joshua Slocum was unfortunately lost at sea 10...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
76 Van Dyke Street Clay retorts and fire bricks were essential in allowing gas to burn as a light source, a new innovation in the mid-1800s. Prior to gas, candles and oil lamps were the only artificial light sources. Fire bricks are used to line...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Paul Morris artist: Sound of Pier #44 From the artist: I'm a NYC based photographic artist who is reconstructing reality. As I see these images, my mind immediately starts to restructure and rearrange them. Photography is my way of capturing these...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
From the artist Paul Morris: I'm a NYC based photographic artist who is reconstructing reality. As I see these images, my mind immediately starts to restructure and rearrange them. Photography is my way of capturing these images to create my art....
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
From the artist Paul Morris: I'm a NYC based photographic artist who is reconstructing reality. As I see these images, my mind immediately starts to restructure and rearrange them. Photography is my way of capturing these images to create my art....
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
From the artist Paul Morris: I'm a NYC based photographic artist who is reconstructing reality. As I see these images, my mind immediately starts to restructure and rearrange them. Photography is my way of capturing these images to create my art....
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
From the artist Paul Morris: I'm a NYC based photographic artist who is reconstructing reality. As I see these images, my mind immediately starts to restructure and rearrange them. Photography is my way of capturing these images to create my art....
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Donated by the Brooklyn Borough President's Office in 1998, this Deer Isle granite base and flagstaff honors firefighter Louis Valentino, Jr. It was fabricated by A. Ottavino The text on the New York City Parts Department's sign in the...
