New Yorkers typically take their water for granted; they turn on the tap and it’s there. Yet New York City’s faucets are endpoints in a journey through a vast, sophisticated, and visually humbling infrastructure of aqueducts, tunnels, water mains, pipes, pumping stations, treatment plants, reservoirs, gatehouses and more.
Photographer Stanley Greenberg, who has spent over three decades documenting these industrial structures, has published a second, reworked version of his original 2003 book on the topic, with 362 photographs and two large folded maps, all paying further tribute to the history, engineering, and beauty of our far-flung water system.
This redux volume, Waterworks: The Hidden Water System of New York, was published by Kris Graves, with maps co-created by Larry Buchanan. The book can be purchased here.
Greenberg, Graves and Buchanan will discuss the artistic work and vital systems in a conversation led by Mariana Mogilevich, editor in chief of Urban Omnibus on Tuesday, April 1st at 6:30 pm at the Center for Brooklyn History.
This program is offered in partnership with Open House New York.
The Center for Brooklyn History, is a research library and community hub dedicated to public history. Formerly known as the Brooklyn Historical Society, it’s located at 128 Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn.
Reserve a spot for the presentation here.
Illustration provided.
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