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Hudson Powerhouse
Hudson Powerhouse
markie1006


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Challenge: Abandoned Buildings II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D40X
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Date: Jan 12, 2008
Aperture: f/4.8
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Architecture, Textures
Date Uploaded: Jan 12, 2008

 The Powerhouse was the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad's celebratory centerpiece, as if it were one of many ornamental train depots that lined the Hudson; its overwhelming architectural beauty and engineering majesty, quite unheard of for a powerhouse, magnificently mirrored the miraculous tubular system that dared to bellow beneath city streets, bedrock, clay, water—a system whose fabled origins stretch back to 1874 and which was, at its completion, deemed one of the greatest large-scale engineering feats of the age.

More info on this building can be found here;-

//www.jclandmarks.org/history-hmrr.shtml

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 01/23/2008 12:37:26 PM
Originally posted by glencoppersmith:
What is the toxic green leaking down from above? I sure hope it's just a mis-step with your levels, because otherwise the Hudson must be getting dirtier than even when I lived there!

Weird, no levels were adjusted for this. All I did was resize and usm (I didn't even need to crop it).

Basically the building itself looks like it used to be covered in a lot of soot from when the area used to be filled with factories bilging out smoke. Since then a lot of it has got washed away with time, leaving lots of interesting patterns in the brickwork.
I think the green flecks are just moss and grasses growing through the brickwork (that is the only green I see).

It was taken pretty early in the morning (around 8am I think) with very bright sun low in the sky to try and maximize it's features.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/22/2008 11:42:50 PM
Rustic & Rusty...
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 01/18/2008 09:16:35 AM
Love the texture in this shot. Also the foreground grass makes it stand out too.
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 01/16/2008 11:58:28 PM
nice textures
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 01/16/2008 06:56:40 AM
This is a great old dorr but I would have liked to see the rest of the building.
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 01/16/2008 06:27:50 AM
What is the toxic green leaking down from above? I sure hope it's just a mis-step with your levels, because otherwise the Hudson must be getting dirtier than even when I lived there!
 01/16/2008 12:48:16 AM
Not a very interesting shot I'm afraid. Would have liked to see more of the building...


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