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The Hudson River Piers, 1972-1982
Photographs by Shelley Seccombe
At a time when the West Side waterfront was in a kind of limbo, with the old elevated highway being demolished and the eventual defeat of the plan for the Westway, an expressway built at the end of the piers, Shelly Seccombe photographed people using the waterfront piers for recreational, cultural and other activities. This exhibition consists of 24 large-format black and white and color photographs depicting the Hudson River piers and the people who visited them in the 1970s. Ironically, Seccombe's photographs seem to presage the eventual rebirth of the West Side piers as The Hudson River Park, a public park that enhances access to the waterfront. Schermerhorn Row Galleries, Closed December 31, 2006.
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