The end of Red Hook's sugar smokestack

As I've noted previously, there's been a lot of demolition along with the construction in my Brooklyn neighborhood. Here's what the semi-demolished century-old Red Hook sugar factory looked like in June (taken from the water while I was on the Hidden Harbor tour.)



By July, more of the nearby structures were coming down:



Most of the deconstruction of the smokestack was done brick-by-brick by two guys hanging in a cart:


But the end came fast, when heavy machinery was brought in. It had a long arm with a pincer on the end. At certain angles, you could see it had an "eye" making it appear like some evil raptor bent on destruction, taking bite after bite until its prey was ruined and devoured.









The beast, famished:



Lastly, two pictures from May 2006, when the sugar dome was still standing, and the sunken lightship hadn't yet been removed:

Labels: brooklyn, nyc, red hook

- posted by Amy @ 11/04/2007 09:15:00 AM