Anna Marsh ’20, Architecture

Anna Marsh ’20

Major

Architecture

Project Title

NYC Pier 52/Day’s End Ecological History Research

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Certificate(s): Latin American Studies, Urban Studies

I worked on a project in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art to build a ghost frame replica of the demolished Pier 52. “Day’s End” pays homage to the pier’s cultural importance and the area’s maritime and industrial history. The Whitney Museum is working with Guy Nordenson and Associates to design and engineer the structure, as well as help gather information and archival materials for the exhibition. I spent the summer reading online articles and digging through archives to find information on, and visuals of, the piers along the Hudson River and the industries they served. I also researched the history of the neighborhood prior to the development of maritime traffic and the construction of piers in order to contextualize the site. My co-intern and I produced eight booklets that covered different historical and cultural topics that the Whitney will reference as they curate the exhibition. This exhibition might include information I gathered about Irish longshoremen who congregated in Greenwich Village and worked the piers, or the Native Americans who were the first inhabitants of Manhattan’s Gansevoort peninsula.