Hudson River

Benzy and Hazel in Waterford NY #shantyboat

Jeremiah and the ordered chaos of the shantyboat mid-journey

Aug 24, 2018

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Jeremiah and the ordered chaos of the shantyboat mid-journey. Photo by Paul Abitabile

Prison barge across from Rikers Island

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Prison barge across from Rikers Island #Shantyboat #firetotheprisons #carceralstate

Looking back through Hell Gate. Not so hellish at slack tide with a favorable wind. Onward to Flushing Bay

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Looking back through Hell Gate. Not so hellish at slack tide with a favorable wind. Onward to Flushing Bay #Shantyboat #bronx #queens #nyc #hellgate

Our time on the Hudson River and in New York City draws to a close

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Our time on the Hudson River and in New York City draws to a close. Today we are piloting the Shantyboat up the East River, through Hell Gate, to Flushing Bay where we will trailer the boat at the Worlds Fair Marina. Then begins the next phase of the adventure, a 3000 mile drive towing…

Interview with David Sharps director of the Waterfront Museum on the Lehigh Valley No. 79, one of the last wooden railroad barges

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in Dispatches, Oral History

Interview with David Sharps director of the Waterfront Museum on the Lehigh Valley No. 79, one of the last wooden railroad barges. We talked about his career as a juggler, clown, and performer and later as a barge owner #Shantyboatweekend! #Interview #SecretHistory #WoodenBarge #LehighValley #Brooklyn #RedHook #WaterfrontMuseum #NewYorkHarbor #NYC

The beautiful chaos of Katz’s Delicatessen

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The beautiful chaos of Katz’s Delicatessen #nyc #eastvillage #lowereastside #manhattan

Manhattan exhibit packed up with the help of fellow Mariner Ron

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Manhattan exhibit packed up with the help of fellow Mariner Ron #ArtShow #Manhattan #NYC #Shantyboat

Officer Martinez stopped me after I cross Williamsburg Bridge to remind me with the summons that in New York one cannot hold their cell phone

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Officer Martinez stopped me after I cross Williamsburg Bridge to remind me with the summons that in New York one cannot hold their cell phone #NYC #Enforcement #NotGuilty

When your houseboat is at low tide far below the top of the bulkhead and you need to bring up the heavy media kit

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When your houseboat is at low tide far below the top of the bulkhead and you need to bring up the heavy media kit #mcgyver #shantyboat #PulaskiBridge #NewtownCreek #Brooklyn #Greenpoint #NYC

Chicken Shit Bingo at the Bushwick City Farm

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Chicken Shit Bingo at the Bushwick City Farm #bushwick #brooklyn #nyc #Shantyboat

In case you were wondering if they were any traces of old Brooklyn still existing…

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In case you were wondering if they were any traces of old Brooklyn still existing… The elevated moves over Bushwick #Brooklyn #NYC #ILoveNY #ElTrain #Bushwick #Shantyboat

For years friends have been telling me “You’d fit in great in New York.”

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For years friends have been telling me “You’d fit in great in New York.” No doubt thinking of my curtness and impatience. I was looking forward to that. While the city didn’t disappoint for authentic and mind-blowing streetscapes, New York City totally let me down in terms of the legendary rudness of New Yorkers.When a…

I hope I don’t ever become accustomed to New York City streets

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I hope I don’t ever become accustomed to New York City streets. The mix of beauty and ugly, old and new, historic and churn is always invigorating. Little Zelda in Crown Heights #Shantyboat #NYC #Brooklyn #CrownHeights #FranklinAve #iloveny

Swale: a floating food forest, a project by @marymattingly that I wanted to see but accidentally ran into at Pier 4 at the Brooklyn Army Terminal

Aug 4, 2018

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Swale: a floating food forest, a project by @marymattingly that I wanted to see but accidentally ran into at Pier 4 at the Brooklyn Army Terminal #shantyboat #foodforest #barges #brooklyn #nyc #nywaterways

Considering that a combined sewage outflow can be triggered on Newtown Creek by 1/10 of an inch of rain, perhaps this isn’t the day for a swim in the creek

Aug 4, 2018

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Considering that a combined sewage outflow can be triggered on Newtown Creek by 1/10 of an inch of rain, perhaps this isn’t the day for a swim in the creek #cso #rawsewage #waterquality #shantyboat #newtowncreek #brooklyn #queens #nyc

Marie Lorenz talks about her experience padding the entire 520 miles of the Erie Canal in 2016

Aug 4, 2018

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Marie Lorenz talks about her experience padding the entire 520 miles of the Erie Canal in 2016 joined by musician Chris Bell at Red Hook’s Waterfront Museum #eriecanal #brooklyn #redhook @lorenzmarie

Hard to get tired of this view

Aug 3, 2018

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Hard to get tired of this view. #shantyboat #nyc #brooklyn #queens #newtowncreek

Highlands Current: Shanty on the River

Aug 3, 2018

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in Press

Highlands Current By Ross Corsair Wes Modes and Lauren Benz, accompanied by Hazel the dog, are sailing down the Hudson River to New York City aboard a shanty boat. We caught up with them on July 15 in Kingston, a few days before they passed the Highlands to dock in Haverstraw, opposite Croton. Modes and…

Aboard the Mary A Walen, Carolina and Robert show me around the incredible galley, the engine room and on deck

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Aboard the Mary A Walen, Carolina and Robert show me around the incredible galley, the engine room and on deck. #Shantyboat #MaryWhalen #NewYorkHarbor #Brooklyn #Redhook #NYC

So excited to finally visit the Mary A Whalen but alas all the hands may have been swept out to sea

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So excited to finally visit the Mary A Whalen but alas all the hands may have been swept out to sea #MaryWhalen #portsideny #shantyboat

T. Willis Elkins of the Newtown Creek Alliance takes water samples and measurements of temperature, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity in more than a half dozen places on Newtown Creek

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T. Willis Elkins of the Newtown Creek Alliance takes water samples and measurements of temperature, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity in more than a half dozen places on Newtown Creek #newtowncreek #Shantyboat #Brooklyn #Greenpoint #NYC

Dutch Kills off of Newtown Creek on a sampling expedition with T. Willis Elkins

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Dutch Kills off of Newtown Creek on a sampling expedition with T. Willis Elkins. #DutchKills #NewtownCreek #Queens #Brooklyn #NYC #Shantyboat

The marina of broken dreams

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The marina of broken dreams #docks #pilings #newtowncreek #brooklyn #nyc

In the wilds of Brooklyn, in a land of artists’ studios and light industrial garages, the Schamonchi serves as a floating community center at the end of Newtown Creek

Aug 1, 2018

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In the wilds of Brooklyn, in a land of artists’ studios and light industrial garages, the Schamonchi serves as a floating community center at the end of Newtown Creek #Shantyboat #CommunitySpaces #BlueAnarchy #Brooklyn #NYC

The Claw.

Aug 1, 2018

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The Claw.

Passing tow Mister Jim on Newtown Creek

Aug 1, 2018

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Passing tow Mister Jim on Newtown Creek #Shantyboat #tugboat #Barges #NewtownCreek #Brooklyn #Greenpoint #NYC

Like a lot of NYC waterways, Newtown Creek is cleaner than it has been in the last 150 years, but dirtier than it should be

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Like a lot of NYC waterways, Newtown Creek is cleaner than it has been in the last 150 years, but dirtier than it should be. NYC like a lot of towns up and down the Hudson has a “combined system,” meaning that the sewer and the street runoff go into the same system to be…

The Thing in Greenpoint Brooklyn where literally millions of unsorted records await you

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The Thing in Greenpoint Brooklyn where literally millions of unsorted records await you #recordstore #treasurehunt #needleinahaystack #brooklyn #greenpoint #nyc

The Hess Triangle

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The Hess Triangle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hess_triangle

Josephine, Bella and Eric in the West Village who used to live in California and have traveled everywhere

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Josephine, Bella and Eric in the West Village who used to live in California and have traveled everywhere #WestVillage #Manhattan #NYC

Crif Dogs in the East Village where if you give the right password on the telephone in the booth, you slide into a hidden speakeasy

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Crif Dogs in the East Village where if you give the right password on the telephone in the booth, you slide into a hidden speakeasy #EastVillage Manhattan #NYC

Melvins Juice Box / Rum Bar – detox / retox

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Melvins Juice Box / Rum Bar – detox / retox #Manhattan #EastVillage##Manhattan #EastVillage #nyc

Stefania is holding down the bar at The Library

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Stefania is holding down the bar at The Library, a place we accidentally ran into that a random stranger in Queens told us to visit just yesterday. #2018bartour #LowerEastSide #EastVillage #NYC @stefaniahatesbrunch

Seeing all the sights

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Seeing all the sights #soho #lowereastside #eastvillage #manhattan #nyc

Entrance to the 1920s speakeasy the Back Room on the lower Eastside

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Entrance to the 1920s speakeasy the Back Room on the lower Eastside #Speakeasy #Shantyboat #NYC #Manhattan

Taking a second look at the WhiteBox exhibition

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Taking a second look at the WhiteBox exhibition #shantyboat #artshow #exhibition #lowereastside #manhattan #socialpractice #nyc

@gooddoghazel is gonna own this city

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@gooddoghazel is gonna own this city #shantyboat #dogsofnewyork #cattledogsofnewyork

Jackson’s Deli in Long Island City, Queens and the 7 Train

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Jackson’s Deli in Long Island City, Queens and the 7 Train #LIC #Queens #NYC #deli

Talking to Jeanette in LIC, Queens about everything…

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Talking to Jeanette in LIC, Queens about everything including colloquial expressions, dive bars, traveling, gentrification, writing, finding ones balance, and coming around full circle. #shantyboat #streetmeetings #strangerstories #queens #LIC #NYC

Want to check out the Secret History shantyboat? We will be showing it at the North Brooklyn Boat Club

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Want to check out the Secret History shantyboat? We will be showing it at the North Brooklyn Boat Club open house (of which we are members!) Tue Jul 31st 4-7pm. 51 Ash St, Greenpoint Brooklyn. We’d love to see you.

Join us tonight for a Secret History lecture and Q&A at the historic Sunview Luncheonette

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Hey friends, come join us tonight July 29th for a Secret History lecture and Q&A at the historic Sunview Luncheonette (and collaborative art space) 6 to 9pm at 221 Nassau Ave Greenpoint. Potluck and BYOB to share. #shantyboat #greenpoint #brooklyn #arttalk #nyc

Shantyboat under the Pulaski Bridge. Empire State off the bow

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Shantyboat under the Pulaski Bridge. Empire State off the bow. #shantyboat #nyc #brooklyn #queens

Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn dive bar on the outside, dearly loved tavern inside

Jul 28, 2018

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Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn dive bar on the outside, dearly loved tavern inside #shantyboat #eastriver #divebar #redhook #brooklyn #nyc

Benzy’s new 79 Leigh Valley tattoo

Jul 28, 2018

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Benzy’s new 79 Leigh Valley tattoo #shantyboat #waterfrontmuseum #sailorcostume #anchorshirt

Jul 28, 2018

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Join us at the Waterfront Museum in Red Hook, Brooklyn today Sat July 28th 1-5pm. Next Thu Aug 2nd we will host an artist talk at 7pm.

Welcome to Brooklyn

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Welcome to Brooklyn #secrethistory #underpassgasfire #artists

Secret History exhibition at Waterfront Museum in Red Hook Brooklyn

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Secret History exhibition at Waterfront Museum in Red Hook Brooklyn. Opening reception Sat July 28th 1-5pm. Artist Talk Aug 2nd 7-9pm #shantyboat #exhibition #artshow #rivers #hudsonriver #redhook #brooklyn #nyc

Geraniums on the stern of the Waterfront Museum barge

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Geraniums on the stern of the Waterfront Museum barge #shantyboat #waterfront #eastriver #redhook #brooklyn #nyc

Playing with mini George Rhodes kinetic sculpture at the Waterfront Museum in Red Hook, Brooklyn

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Playing with mini George Rhodes kinetic sculpture at the Waterfront Museum in Red Hook, Brooklyn #shantyboat #woodenboats #redhook #brooklyn #nyc

Secret History opening last night in Manhattan: five years of photographs on silk organza forming a multilayer and nonlinear narrative of the stories of river people

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Secret History opening last night in Manhattan: five years of photographs on silk organza forming a multilayer and nonlinear narrative of the stories of river people, excerpts of oral history interviews, and a conversation between water-based artists Marie Lorenz, Duke Riley (remote from his sailboat), and Wes Modes. @lorenzmarie @dukerileystudio @dgoats #shantyboat #artshow #secrethistory #publicspace…

Shantyboat upon waking under the Pulaski Bridge

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Shantyboat upon waking under the Pulaski Bridge #shantyboat #nblknd #nyc #greenpoint

Show prep

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Show prep #shantyboat #ArtShow #NYC

Hanging the show at WhiteBox. Five years of Secret History photographs, video, interviews, and artifacts

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Hanging the show at WhiteBox. Five years of Secret History photographs, video, interviews, and artifacts. #shantyboat #artshow #nyc

OMFG New York

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OMFG New York #shantyboat #toomuch #nyc

Hazel asleep with her dolphin

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Hazel asleep with her dolphin. #shantyboat @gooddoghazel #cattledogsofinstagram

Yolonda traces the path of the Mississippi River for the Secret History exhibition at WhiteBox tomorrow

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Yolonda traces the path of the Mississippi River for the Secret History exhibition at WhiteBox tomorrow. #shantyboat #exhibition #artshow

One of the weirder tasks I’ve done this week, rolling a 16 ft boat through the streets of Manhattan

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One of the weirder tasks I’ve done this week, rolling a 16 ft boat through the streets of Manhattan #shantyboat #boatinginnyc #

Living in NYC is a hairy business. Shipmate shearing

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Living in NYC is a hairy business. Shipmate shearing. #diyhaircut #shantyboat

Talk about adaptive ingenuity among river people: North Brooklyn Boat Club

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Talk about adaptive ingenuity among river people. At the North Brooklyn Boat Club, a long space between buildings no wider than a truck is used for hosting paddle trips, environmental education, resource reuse, and social gatherings. #NorthBrooklyn #Brooklyn #Shantyboat #NYC #BoatClub #paddling #Reuse @northbkboatclub

Just sitting on our back deck drinking my morning coffee…

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Just sitting on our back deck drinking my morning coffee looking up Newtown Creek to Manhattan and the Empire State #shantyboat #manhattan #nbrooklyn #newtowncreek

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My first major NYC show featuring five years of secret history photographs, video, audio, writing, and artifacts. Featuring A facilitated discussion with water-based artists Marie Lorenz, Duke Riley, Dylan Gauthier, and Wes Modes. Thu 26 July 6-8pm at WhiteBox Art Space on the Lower East Side. #Shantyboat #ArtExhibition #NYC #NewYork #LowerEastSide @whiteboxny #SocialPractice @lorenzmarie @dgoats…

As we are enjoying a nightcap, a party boat comes up Newtown Creek with what appears to be a boatload of Hasidim dancing to a Klezmer band

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As we are enjoying a nightcap, a party boat comes up Newtown Creek with what appears to be a boatload of Hasidim dancing to a Klezmer band which breaks into a tune “Say hello to the shantyboat. Shantyboat! shantyboat!” Until they were well out of hearing. WTF? Such a strange and wonderful welcome. #shantyboat #klezmer…

Best welcome ever at the North Brooklyn Boat Club

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Best welcome ever at the North Brooklyn Boat Club. Felt like meeting old friends. Benzy said it was are “We Made It Point” #shantyboat #wemadeit @northbkboatclub #pbr

An unprecidented view out the shantyboat backdoor

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An unprecidented view out the shantyboat backdoor. #shantyboat #nyc #manhattan #eastriver

Queensboro Bridge across Roosevelt Island with the little shantyboat on the East River heading toward Brooklyn

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Queensboro Bridge across Roosevelt Island with the little shantyboat on the East River heading toward Brooklyn #shantyboat #rooseveltisland #eastriver #brooklyn

Will I ever get tired of New York cityscapes across the water? Not bloody likely

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Will I ever get tired of New York cityscapes across the water? Not bloody likely. #shantyboat #cityscape #nyc #eastriver

Benzy skippering on the East River

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Benzy skippering on the East River #shantyboat #eastriver #nyc

The city from the Harlem River

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The city from the Harlem River #shantyboat #harlemriver #nyc

Big sky over and big waves around Manhattan on the Harlem River. An inopportune wind blows north

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Big sky over and big waves around Manhattan on the Harlem River. An inopportune wind blows north #Shantyboat #AccidentalHaiku #HarlemRiver #NYC

Here what I know about the Bronx: Don DeLillo’s Underworld, Bronx accents, and this photo. We’re between Manhattan and the Bronx

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Here what I know about the Bronx: Don DeLillo’s Underworld, Bronx accents, and this photo. We’re between Manhattan and the Bronx. #shantyboat #bronx #manhattan

We enter the Harlem River!

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We enter the Harlem River! #shantyboat #harlemriver #bronx

We are going to be entering fucking New York City in a fucking Shantyboat. Pardon my language and my excitement

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We are going to be entering fucking New York City in a fucking Shantyboat. Pardon my language and my excitement #Shantyboat #NYC #AbsurdistPranks

Re-launching under the George Washington Bridge on the Hudson river on a pretty choppy day

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Re-launching under the George Washington Bridge on the Hudson river on a pretty choppy day. #Shantyboat #ChoppyWater #HudsonRiver

Accidentally passed by the childhood home my favorite early 20th Century realist painters, Edward Hopper

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Accidentally passed by the childhood home my favorite early 20th Century realist painters, Edward Hopper. #shantyboat #painters #painting #realists #moody

Triptych: How to trailer a shanty boat in a strong crosswind on a homemade boat trailer

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Triptych: How to trailer a shanty boat in a strong crosswind on a homemade boat trailer #shantyboat #boattrailer #triptych

This brick found by Ginny Norfleet in her yard turned out to be the cornerstone of what was the first African church in the county

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This brick found by Ginny Norfleet in her yard turned out to be the cornerstone of what used to be the African Methodist Episcopal Bethel church, founded by enslaved people and free Blacks in 1846. The church was Rockland County‘s first African-American church. #shantyboat #brickyards #haverstraw #hudsonriver

Docknic in a storm

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Docknic in a storm. When you get tired of the relentless yaw and roll of your shantyboat #shantyboat #picnic #hudsonriver

Weighing our options: take out now or keep going down the Hudson to New York?

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Weighing our options: take out now or keep going down the Hudson to New York? Naturally, we want to go into the city by water, but we don’t want to die doing it. If we pull out now, where will we park the truck and trailered shantyboat? If we keep going, is there a protected…

Riverport Sailing School creating baby sailors.

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Riverport Sailing School creating baby sailors. #shantyboat #babysailors #rondoutcreek #hudsonriver

Maritime hitchhiking: Matt and Leanne offer us a ride in their fancy boat back to safety

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Maritime hitchhiking: We took the johnboat down into town for lunch, but by the time we headed back, the storm had kicked up large waves. We took the prudent course and turned back around. Matt and Leanne offered us a ride in their fancy boat back to the shantyboat. #shantyboat #rescue #hudsonriver #weather

Rockland/Westchester Journal: A shanty in Haverstraw: A floating art project explores the lives and history of ‘river people’

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Rockland/Westchester Journalby Rochel Leah Goldblatt HAVERSTRAW – Wes Modes stood on the bow of his shanty as it bobbed gently at Admirals Cove Marina on Friday morning, a cup of coffee in a mason jar and his four-legged companion, Hazel, at his side. Modes, a Santa Cruz artist and lecturer at two California universities, arrived in…

Haverstraw and Ossining are the widest point on the Hudson River. Because of the long reaches winds can whip up fierce waves. It is debatable whether we should even be out on a day like today

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Haverstraw and Ossining are the widest point on the Hudson River. Because of the long reaches winds can whip up fierce waves. It is debatable whether we should even be out on a day like today. #LittleBigWaves shantyboat #hudsonriver #haverstraw #ossining

The bricks that built New York City, made Haverstraw wealthy and nearly spelled its doom

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The bricks that built New York City, made Haverstraw wealthy and nearly spelled its doom. #shantyboat #haverstraw #hudsonriver #brickyards

In the Haverstraw brickyards African and Italian workers lived and worked side by side…

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In the Haverstraw brickyards African and Italian workers lived and worked side by side, with possibly a majority of the workers being Black. Ginny Norfleet talked of everyone growing up having a Black grandma and an Italian grandma. Brickmaking made Haverstraw one of the richest towns on the Hudson River. The bricks made in Haverstraw…

“I am a proponent of highly walkable, human scale places in America.”

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“I am a proponent of highly walkable, human scale places in America.” Jared and Jerry Rodriguez, father and son, stopped by the boat to share stories with us. Both were a treasure trove of local history and, in fact, Jared gives long history walks in Haverstraw. Jerry recalled during his time in the Sea Scouts…

The charming curator, staff and artists of WhiteBox came to visit the shantyboat in Haverstraw

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The charming curator, staff and artists of WhiteBox came to visit the shantyboat in Haverstraw. #shantyboat #artistspace

The first time our bilge pumps have ever needed to be used. Docked in Haverstraw, water was coming over our stern

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The first time our bilge pumps have ever needed to be used. Docked in Haverstraw, water was coming over our stern. #shantyboat #BilgePump #AMarinersUnreasonableFearOfHavingTheirBoatFillWithWater

Rockin and rollin during our Haverstraw pop-up

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Rockin and rollin during our Haverstraw pop-up. #shantyboat #roughweather

“Uncle Susan is a Wolf.” We’ve seen this tag all over and found it in our ship’s log. Who is it?

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“Uncle Susan is a Wolf.” We’ve seen this tag all over and found it in our ship’s log. Who is it? #shantyboat #graffitiart #shipslog

It was an interesting day on the water. Waves, wind, and spray

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It was an interesting day on the water. Waves, wind, and spray. #shantyboat #waves #crazywater

Goodbye, sweet friend. You were a good bumper for the last five years. If anyone has a small tire we can use to replace the one now at the bottom of the river and is near Haverstraw…

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Goodbye, sweet friend. You were a good bumper for the last five years. If anyone has a small tire we can use to replace the one now at the bottom of the river and is near Haverstraw…

The amazingly bumpin’ streets of Haverstraw, a magical land where white, black, and brown people bustle around downtown

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The amazingly bumpin’ streets of Haverstraw, a magical land where white, black, and brown people bustle around downtown talking three or four different languages, children underfoot, where people talk to neighbors hanging out on the street, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Ecuadorian, Mexican restaurants everywhere. I am not kidding. We are struggling to describe it. #shantyboat #67percentlatinx…

The Elks come ready to talk it out face-to-face

Jul 20, 2018

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Misunderstanding resolved: The Elks come ready to talk it out face-to-face. These gentlemen wanted us to know that they were getting emails from all over the country, that they apologized for the Elk who had been uh, brusque, invited us up to the lodge for drinks, and hoped we could have a do over. #doovers…

Interview with Ginny Norfleet. We talked about the invisible stories of 400 years of African-American history in Haverstraw NY

Jul 20, 2018

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in Dispatches, Oral History

Interview with Ginny Norfleet. We talked about the invisible stories of 400 years of African-American history in Haverstraw NY. Ginny’s positivity and indomitable resilience in the face of institutional and personal racism, helped remind me why I do this project. #shantyboat #racism #invisiblestories #aahistory #brickyard #slavery #blacklivesmatter

This is us docked in Haverstraw moments before a member of the Elks Lodge kicked us off their docks

Jul 20, 2018

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This is us docked in Haverstraw moments before the all white D-bag jeering squad at the Elks Lodge started yelling rude comments and told us to get the fuck off their docks. Moving over to the other marina, we faced the same treatment (There are no spaces available and we can’t have “something like this…

Indian Point Energy Center is a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan, New York

Jul 19, 2018

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Indian Point Energy Center is a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan, New York, just south of Peekskill. It sits on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 36 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. #shantyboat