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Port Newark is America’s largest port on the Atlantic coast. On weekdays, hundreds of cargo ships deliver thousands of Chinese-made products to waiting trucks and trains. On weekends, the port is empty of life, an unintentional and empty urban monument to America’s economic might.
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![12-30-14 barge in port newark Rusting barge](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/12-30-14-barge-in-port-newark.jpg?w=603&h=452&ssl=1)
Rusting barge
![newark bay 3 This way to freedom](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/newark-bay-3-x9rcpv.jpg?w=339&h=452&ssl=1)
This way to freedom
![1-4-14 port newark at doremus avenue Port Newark freight yard](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/1-4-14-port-newark-at-doremus-avenue.jpg?w=946&h=710&ssl=1)
Port Newark freight yard
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![port newark 15 Gazing toward Manhattan](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-15-1hidclr.jpg?w=366&h=275&ssl=1)
Gazing toward Manhattan
![newark bay 3 This way to freedom](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/newark-bay-3-x9rcpv.jpg?w=206&h=275&ssl=1)
This way to freedom
![newark bay 5 Three shipping cranes being delivered by boat from China.](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/newark-bay-5-1zcpcb3.jpg?w=366&h=275&ssl=1)
Three shipping cranes being delivered by boat from China.
![newark bay 2 Urban beach](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/newark-bay-2-vzkd5a.jpg?w=253&h=190&ssl=1)
Urban beach
![port newark 4 Container cranes at rest](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-4-1oplh8h.jpg?w=253&h=190&ssl=1)
Container cranes at rest
![port newark 5 Rusting barge](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-5-23b98eu.jpg?w=253&h=189&ssl=1)
Rusting barge
![port newark 2 Donjon Marine Company](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-2-pyhk22.jpg?w=432&h=577&ssl=1)
Donjon Marine Company
![newark bay 1 Interrogation chair](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/newark-bay-1-1c6nt15.jpg?w=253&h=190&ssl=1)
Interrogation chair
![newark bay 6 Father and mother](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/newark-bay-6-2gq8fzg.jpg?w=253&h=190&ssl=1)
Father and mother
![newark bay 4 Corroded dock](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/newark-bay-4-1rtr4u0.jpg?w=253&h=189&ssl=1)
Corroded dock
![port newark 13 Prelude to a broken arm - after the act](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-13-2elk1pg.jpg?w=630&h=472&ssl=1)
Prelude to a broken arm – after the act
![port newark 16 Scrap metal office](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-16-zddava.jpg?w=312&h=234&ssl=1)
Scrap metal office
![port newark 17 Scrap metal](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-17-tkun0c.jpg?w=312&h=234&ssl=1)
Scrap metal
![port newark 7 Landscaped truck depot](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-7-256o8u7.jpg?w=312&h=234&ssl=1)
Landscaped truck depot
![port newark 14 God bless America!](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-14-1a4fafv.jpg?w=312&h=234&ssl=1)
God bless America!
![port newark 10 Big tires, bigger nation](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-10-1x0iax0.jpg?w=630&h=472&ssl=1)
Big tires, bigger nation
![port newark 11 Big tires, bigger nation](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-11-1tuw5dl.jpg?w=313&h=235&ssl=1)
Big tires, bigger nation
![port newark 8 Hyatt Boulevard](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-8-164y93n.jpg?w=313&h=235&ssl=1)
Hyatt Boulevard
![port newark 12 Land of the Free](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-12-2d6cwrx.jpg?w=312&h=235&ssl=1)
Land of the Free
![port newark 1 A sense of scale](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-1-197gfzh.jpg?w=471&h=353&ssl=1)
A sense of scale
![port newark 6 Craneway Street](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-6-2lir7e2.jpg?w=471&h=353&ssl=1)
Craneway Street
![port newark 3 Caution: machines at work](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-3-11x8u3w.jpg?w=630&h=472&ssl=1)
Caution: machines at work
![port newark 9 Craneway Street](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-9-1mm10iw.jpg?w=312&h=234&ssl=1)
Craneway Street
![port newark 18 Wilson Avenue](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-18-1shktkg.jpg?w=312&h=234&ssl=1)
Wilson Avenue
![port newark night 2 Gulf Station](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-night-2-2ipr8cg.jpg?w=603&h=452&ssl=1)
Gulf Station
![port newark night 3 Coffee and Gas](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-night-3-293wfk6.jpg?w=339&h=452&ssl=1)
Coffee and Gas
![port newark night 1 Corbin Stret](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-night-1-21opjfp.jpg?w=366&h=275&ssl=1)
Corbin Stret
![port newark night 4 Gulf Station](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/port-newark-night-4-1mblt4r.jpg?w=206&h=275&ssl=1)
Gulf Station
![ikea customers Port Newark IKEA cusomers at dusk](https://i0.wp.com/www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/ikea-customers-18pqf3i.jpg?w=366&h=275&ssl=1)
Port Newark IKEA cusomers at dusk
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- Port Newark freight yard
- Penn Station Newark drawbridge
- Pulaski Skyway
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PLEASE BE KIND. DO NOT LITTER. FAPS INC. CARES ABOUT YOU.
– signage adorning truck depot
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![Pulaski Skyway](https://www.myleszhang.org/files/2014/11/Pulaski-Skyway-Color-qk3t6p.jpg)
When I left home to attend Columbia University, I knew the transition to college would leave me homesick for Newark. To remind me of home, I painted this watercolor panorama. Every night, in my dorm room, I gazed at this painting and traced the streets and buildings of my childhood memories.