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Facing southeast.
This area of town is called the Gashouse District.
The smokestacks are the Con Ed 14th Street Power Plant.
The bridge to the right of that is the Williamsburg Bridge. Built: 1903.
The road running along the East River is FDR (East River) Drive. Back when it was built, the director of public roadways in New York thought all rivers should have roads running along them which is why there are no riverfront parks on this side of Manhattan. |