it's a very narrow scope, one that allows me to bring my own perspective to the area Shortly after Schuyler's purchase of his new homestead [in Kearny], a peculiar green stone was uncovered. It was sent to England for analysis and he learned that it contained 80% copper. His opening of a copper mine brought the first steam engine to America from England Prior to April 30, 1967, a station in South Kearny, was served by the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Newark and New York Branch via the PD Draw over the Passaic River. This station was popular with employees of the giant Western Electric plant, and other industries in the area. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/29/nyregion/kearny-plant-is-dying-along-with-an-old-era.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Tower https://www.fybush.com/nerw-20250623/ http://users.erols.com/oldradio/ehabio.htm I'd like to think,
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic meadow,
Richard Brautigan

references

Walking as Artistic Practice, and a revisiting of Robert Smithson's landmark The Monuments of Passaic, and a The Center for Land Use Interpretation