The Iron Triangle
In Corona, Queens, the area right outside of the new Shea Stadium, Citifield, is known as the Iron Triangle. It is a place of no sidewalks or sewers and has only one resident, a 76 year old man. Some call it a junkyard. The area is full of a variety of industries: auto repair shops, scrap yards, waste processing sites, and other small businesses. For many generations of immigrant workers it has been a place to make a living. Young men and women work long hours in order to send their kids to school. They are trying to create a life for their family in the US, and others are sending their money back home to better the lives of their families. Now, the city is taking the land away from them in order to turn the area in to hotels and condominiums, and a mall. Hundreds of small businesses and about 5,000 workers are being forced out of their livelihoods in this part of Queens.
I want to tell their story and preserve a visual record of The Iron Triangle before it is gone
