Gothamist: Thomas Brodin at the Greenpoint Terminal Market

Burgette (again)

Mon, 15 May 2006 21:11:18 -0500

Sorry, forgot to mention that if you look at the website of that company, you can see that they bind the clothes up into bales just like the ones you can see in the last photo on the right, on Brodin's site.

Burgette

Mon, 15 May 2006 21:08:15 -0500

I'm almost certain I know where those clothes came from: this company, a block or two north of the fire site, sells millions of pounds of used clothing to Africa every year, as well as turning them into rags: http://tranclo.com/hp34.asp I'm really surprised (and disappointed) that the media has not picked up on this angle - even after the fire, even now, there are *mountains* of clothes on the site.

rev pays

Fri, 12 May 2006 15:07:31 -0500

That's what I notice, too. Why all the clothes didn't caught fire? Maybe fabric is not a good accelerant?

evamn

Fri, 12 May 2006 14:56:07 -0500

All I see is fuel - clothing fuel to make a fire burn and burn. This looks fishy to me.

Tim N.

Fri, 12 May 2006 12:19:31 -0500

Wow. What was the deal with all those clothes? Those pictures are disturbing... like something you'd see in Jonestown, or Dachau.

jayKayEss

Fri, 12 May 2006 11:43:43 -0500

All those acres of used clothing... no wonder that place went up so quick.

Guy

Fri, 12 May 2006 11:26:06 -0500

Damn, those are some awesome pictures. All the discarded clothing remind me of Homer Simpson keeping oily rags in the basement.