Working Waterfront is Pamela Talese’s third series about New York City’s history as seen in its factories, buildings and public spaces. The paintings of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, done on-site, provide a unique glimpse into how the city’s industrial waterfront used to look by the artist’s rendering of what still stands. Talese focuses on the structures within the vast Navy Yard, illustrating how its surviving topography contrasts with the new building that has arisen around it. Where docks and warehouses once stood, gleaming glass towers define today’s priority away from labor and toward luxury.

All paintings shown are oil on linen unless otherwise stated. Sizes are in inches.