urbanism

Broadway is a street in Brooklyn that I would have loved to shoot when I studied photo but could have been shot at in the process.

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While in NY, I only really felt safe in Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Dumbo areas of Brooklyn while staying along the J line. I think I’m mostly on edge because of the shooting I saw at Utica, it really is an adjustment coming from Canada.

Going back to Broadway, I had a big interest in documenting city infrastructure, especially the decline of highways and elevated expressways. But before that, it was the rail lines that started this movement in urban development.

Pictured: the one and only Broadway Junction

I always liked the idea of elevated roads lifting cars above the city like airplanes. With the subway, it seems like what was once a symbol of progress has become a place of decay and danger at night. 

Video: Somewhere along the F line(?) Queens when visiting for NFT NYC 2022 (rip)