Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/22

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Subject: [Leica] Factories in Manhattan?
From: neilsimages at pipeline.com (Neil Schneider)
Date: Thu Sep 22 20:56:38 2005
References: <200509162153.j8GLjqSD000740@server1.waverley.reid.org> <f6839f0da8.43327f3f@usc.edu> <6.2.1.2.2.20050922174306.00c767a0@pop.med.cornell.edu>
 
On Sep 22, 2005, at 5:53 PM, Chris Saganich wrote:

> The Greenpoint, Williamsburg , Navy Yard, waterfront factory tour.  
> Gowanus Canal, Smith and 9th Street areas then go into Red Hook. from. 
>  From Red Hook on down to towards Sunset Park.  Tour the Greenwood 
> Cemetery while your there, it is a Victorian wonderland.
>
> At 12:54 PM 9/22/2005, you wrote:
>
>> I will be in NY soon, and wondering if there are any factories left 
>> in Manhattan. I imagine there are some or lots in Brookly and Queens, 
>> but in lower Manhattan the usual story has been lofts and the like, 
>> residential displacing manufacturing. If you know of areas in which 
>> manufacturing is still taking place, I would be grateful for the 
>> leads.
>> Martin Krieger
>> krieger@usc.edu
>>
>>


Hi Martin,

Please, if you go to the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, take extra care 
for you safety and equipment and go in daylight only.
It is a very dangerous section of NYC

Neil

"Predicting the future is mostly a matter of managing not to blink as
you witness the present" -- William Gibson
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