Next Stop Bottom of the Sea: Old Subway Cars Become Reefs (PHOTOS)
In the "American Reclamation: Next Stop Atlantic" exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library (June through September 25th), photographer Stephen Mallon documents the progress of the subway cars to artificial reefs.
Stephen Mallon
In the "American Reclamation: Next Stop Atlantic" exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library (June through September 25th), photographer Stephen Mallon documents the progress of the subway cars to artificial reefs.
Stephen Mallon
NYC’s MTA joimed the artificial reef-building program off the east coast of the U.S. in 2000 -- Mallon photographer the subway cars on their destination out to sea from 2008 to 2011.
Stephen Mallon
Mallon says, "The moment the car hits the water there’s this Titanic-esque moment when the water overtakes the car as it sinks."
Stephen Mallon
"It’s incredibly fast—from the moment it’s picked up and thrown overboard for the fishes."
Stephen Mallon
"The change from seeing steel lying on a barge out in the Atlantic to watching water rush in as it hits the ocean is quite dramatic."
Stephen Mallon
Stephen Mallon
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