A. King in the Cupboard

Charles Marville, Arts et Métiers (Ancien Modèle), 1864

The Atrium of Building B at the Brooklyn Army Terminal | Brooklyn, NY 

All that is left of the glass skylight ceiling is the frame, but what remains is an open air courtyard. You can see the crane that was used to unload supplies, which used to move back and forth along the length of the building. is still there.

A portion of the tracks remain as well, although now cut off from the outside. A train is seen in the last photograph but is not original to the time when the depot was in use by the military. It’s actually an old Long Island Railroad dining car that was brought into the atrium during the renovation of the building. The original intention was for it to be turned into a restaurant for the new businesses that were moving into the building but the vendor pulled out before it opened and AFTER the tracks had been cut off from the outside, so the car still remains. There is still hope that the train may be converted to a restaurant in the future by it’s current food vendor, “Pete’s Place”, which is now located in the lobby.

There are over 70 tenants that currently call Brooklyn Army Terminal their home, such as:

Chocolatier Jacques Torres

Lee Spring

Altronix

Urban Green

Chashama 

Marc Joseph New York

IAVI

Uncommon Goods

Vatnajökull Ice Cap, Iceland by orvaratli

“This ice cave is on the edge of the glacier where it enters into an lagoon near Svínafellsjökull. It is only possible to access it when the lagoon is frozen. Ice caves are in general unstable things and can collapse at any time. They are however much more stable in winter when the cold temperatures harden the ice. Even so we could hear constant cracking sounds inside the cave. It was not because it was going to collapse but because the cave was moving along with the glacier itself. Each time the glacier moved a millimeter loud sounds could be heard.”