Broken Windows
by Gary Slawsky
Title
Broken Windows
Artist
Gary Slawsky
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A pair of broken windows at a building on Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Broken glass creates interesting irregular shapes and security tape on windows provides a contextual irony. Sandy Hook is a 1665 square mile peninsula along the eastern cost of New Jersey that was discovered by Henry Hudson in the early 1600s. This peninsula is located at the southern entrance to New York harbor.
After the Civil War Fort Hancock was establish as a military base, armament proving ground and in the 1950s a Nike missile site. Numerous large bunkers that housed weapons to protect New York Harbor are scattered around the peninsula.
Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974 when it was turned over to the US National Parks Service and managed as part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. Today, Fort Hancock, the proving ground, some bunkers, and nike missile site can be toured as historical monuments of US History. The oldest operating lighthouse in the United States (Sandy Hook Lighthouse) can be entered as well as the attached lighthouse keepers residence that includes a Sandy Hook history museum.
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July 26th, 2013
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Comments (2)
Debra Banks
the first looks like a male and the second a female character from a Charles Dicken's novel...
Gary Slawsky replied:
I never thought of that but I see it now. You have a very creative eye/mind. Thanks Debra.
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