Sunset Park Stills: What you see in Sunset Park: Industry City

Industry City in Sunset Park, originally uploaded by Tom Rupolo/Urban Landscape Photography.

What is Sunset Park Stills?

Sunset Park Stills is a photo blog. Mainly photographs of landmarks or happenings in the area. On occasion, if there is some extra information that I did not know or perhaps not widely known, I'll add it in.

Being a photographer myself, I naturally looked for images of the area in which I reside. Finding very few, I went on a personal photo journey and shot just about everything I saw in Sunset Park.

The neighborhood is harmoniously divided between eastern and western cultures. What I have found is that this part of Brooklyn, is fundamentally the same as any other town in the USA. We've got families, dancers, singers, foodies, artists, skaters, writers, yogis and entrepreneurs. All working class trying to make their way in the world.

After being strongly encouraged to begin a blog by friends and neighbors, I felt it important to showcase shots that everyone shot here not just my own pictures. Inspired by Best View in Brooklyn, I received their blessing to take on the "What you see in Sunset Park" idea of that blog when they signed off.

Hopefully, you have enjoyed looking at this micro neighborhood though my (and my neighbor's) eyes. Maybe it's just a place to some, for others like myself, it's a live documentation of Living the American Dream.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

What you see in Sunset Park: Industry City