How Brooklyn was saved from sewage. The history of sewer construction
The first prototypes of modern sewers appeared back in ancient Rome. Although it was hard to call it a sewer at the time. Cities...
Hecla Iron Works: one of four plants in the United States licensed to use...
The Hecla Iron Works was named after an active volcano in Iceland, Mount Hekla. That’s a proper name for a design studio and foundry....
350Brooklyn – the fight for the borough’s ecological future
Brooklyn is one of the most affected by industrial development boroughs of New York City. In the 21st century, most of the dirty enterprises...
How a plastic factory poisoned Brooklynites
Greenpoint is a modern and progressive neighborhood in Brooklyn that is rapidly developing. But this is all in the 21st century. Once upon a...
The story of a Brooklyn Victorian rubber factory that turned into a church
The Bedford Stuyvesant and Stuyvesant Heights neighborhoods in Brooklyn were built primarily as residential areas. While there were a few outlying pieces of land...
Belmont Metals Inc.: a Brooklyn company with a more than a century-old philosophy of...
Belmont Metals Inc. is a highly diversified producer of non-ferrous metals and alloys. It maintains the highest standards of product quality, on-time delivery and...
Brooklyn’s waste recycling plant, the largest enterprise in North America
New York is implementing the largest waste recycling program in the United States. SMR serves the city of New York through its operations in...
The history of a private Brooklyn shipyard from the Civil War to the modern...
Important events related to the development of shipbuilding took place on both banks of the East River. Previously, many of the strongest and best...