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May 22, 2007
Atlantic Yards Part Three: The Electric Car Shop
Nathan Kensinger made it down to the bowels of the Vanderbilt Yards again, and this time he brought along photographer Nate Dorr for backup.
Click here to check out the complete set of eerie post-apocalyptic photos from Part III of Kensinger's series on Atlantic Yards.
Underneath Atlantic Avenue is an abandoned "Electric Car Shop." Used to repair Long Island Railroad trains, it sits in the footprint of the Atlantic Yards development site, inside the Vanderbilt Railyards. Empty lunch rooms (below), abandoned offices, ransacked archives, all with the lights still on. The train yard and nearby tunnels are still in use by the Long Island Railroad, but this shop seems to have been empty for years.
From Dorr's flickr photostream:
What lies beneath the soon-to-be Atlantic Yards? Besides the LIRR tunnels, there's an extensive electric train workshop complete with long workspace, offices, and an eerie break room. As construction picks up, this space (besides the tracks themselves) will likely disappear completely, replaced by foundations and parking garages, so we decided bring the borrough a closer look before that happens.
Posted by lumi at May 22, 2007 11:07 AM