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Beasts of the Southern Wild
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
A 25,000-square-foot rooftop pollinator garden planted with native grasses and wildflowers above a working film and television studio complex in Greenpoint. The meadow contrasts with its industrial surroundings, overlooking Newtown Creek, the Brooklyn-Queens waterfront, and the Manhattan skyline. It serves as a community environmental hub and hosts art installations, live music, performances, and an annual festival.
Features
- Native wildflower meadow
- 360-degree views of Manhattan skyline and Newtown Creek
- Above working film and television studios
- Pollinator habitat
- Community event space
- Art installations
- Industrial surroundings
Space & Capacity
- Size
- 25,000 sq ft (rooftop)
- Capacity
- 500 on the open-air rooftop; seated or standing configuration not specified.
Tungsten’s Take
Wildflowers swaying against an unobstructed Manhattan skyline, on top of an active film studio, in the middle of an industrial zone. There is no other location in New York that looks like this. It's genuinely alien and genuinely beautiful, and the camera loves it.