Closing Bell: A Walking Tour of the BQE
Late last month David Kennedy Cutler and Robert Hult made an intrepid voyage by foot underneath and alongside the entire length of the BQE, documenting the trip in photos. Here’s their statement of purpose: “On February 17th and 20th, we walked the length of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway—from its origin at St. Michael’s cemetery above…
Late last month David Kennedy Cutler and Robert Hult made an intrepid voyage by foot underneath and alongside the entire length of the BQE, documenting the trip in photos. Here’s their statement of purpose:
“On February 17th and 20th, we walked the length of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway—from its origin at St. Michael’s cemetery above Woodside in Queens, to its terminus at the Battery Tunnel in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Stemming from recent debates over public space and its use, our goal was to analyze the experiential surrounds of the highway on foot by recording our observations as we
walked alongside and underneath the highway.”
Most of the photos are as picturesque as one would expect, but the two came across some unexpected treasures, like the trailer home shown above that’s been living under the expressway for a bunch of years now.
Walking the BQE [Tumblr]
Photos of trailer on page 19: http://walkingthebqe.tumblr.com/page/19
The trailer is disgusting and the car is full of pigeons that they raise. I think a family of 3 live there, all appear to be over 30, one in a wheelchair. They drive from one side of the BQE to the other each night depending on the street cleaning days. Usually can find them on Park Ave somewhere between Vanderbilt and Clinton Ave.
Photos of trailer on page 19: http://walkingthebqe.tumblr.com/page/19
The trailer is disgusting and the car is full of pigeons that they raise. I think a family of 3 live there, all appear to be over 30, one in a wheelchair. They drive from one side of the BQE to the other each night depending on the street cleaning days. Usually can find them on Park Ave somewhere between Vanderbilt and Clinton Ave.