Industry City—Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo

Industry City is a set of industrial buildings on the waterfront edge of Sunset Park, Brokklyn. Originally a manufacturing area, now bought by developers seeking to bring in businesses to rent in the space, the complex has been the subject of some debate, as some argue that the development will raise rent and housing prices, pushing local residents out of Sunset Park, while others insist that the space will bring economic prosperity and jobs to the area. At 34 35th Street, Hana Kitchens is just one company renting space in the development, a shared kitchen where small-scale food producers and catering companies work until they have gathered the money and momentum needed to buy or rent their own space. The 6000 sq. foot kitchen, which has been in Industry City for nine years, is now part of a push within the New York City food scene towards smaller-scale food production, facilitated by shared spaces and kitchen incubators.

3 comments

  1. Phoebe, as I have mentioned in class. I really appreciate your efforts. I love your composition. You take great photos! Thanks for showing me a part of NYC I never thought I would ever see.

  2. Phoebss, I love how you have composed your story about Industry City 🙂 looking at your pics i can see the bareness of this neighborhood.. Like seeing the bones of ones body!!!
    Love it!!!!

  3. Great work, I think if you were to take out all of the people it would look like you explored like an abandoned building or something. The outside and inside are all so barren that it seems like this place hasn’t been used in years, but then you throw the people in there and it’s like what? people actually work here? Industry City is a very strange collection of things, but I like that you have covered it. Because if I were to go there by myself I would wonder if it were a ghost town or not.

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