East River Park Demolition 2021

Photographs of demolition crews working in New York’s East River Park

Cherry picker

Construction equipment on the East River greenway

New York, NY, USA

Construction fence

Green netting hides a construction site in East River Park

New York, NY, USA

Cut tree

Only the bole of a plane tree remains

New York, NY, USA

Falling branch

A branch falls from a plane tree as a worker works overhead

New York, NY, USA

Through the fence

Protesters show a construction worker a copy of a court order

New York, NY, USA

Cutting the trees

A Parks Service officer watches workers cutting trees in East River Park

New York, NY, USA

Saw exchange

A construction worker changes chainsaws in East River Park

New York, NY, USA

Tree cutting

A construction worker cuts a tree in East River Park

New York, NY, USA

Chainsaw crew

Workers in cherry pickers cut trees in East River Park

New York City, New York, United States

Falling

The crown of a London plane falls after being cut

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Devastation

Trees around the Dance Circle in East River Park during demolition

New York City, New York, United States

The final cut

An excavator is used to steady a tree while a worker chainsaws the trunk

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Cut trees

Limbless trees stand in East River Park as demolition crews work

New York City, New York, United States