AUTHOR: A Kinloch TITLE: Atlantic Yards Pile Driver DATE: 10:09 AM ----- BODY:

This contraption, pictured in front of the shrouded Ward Bakery, is for punching foundations deep into the ground. Pile drivers are an increasingly common sight (and sound) of Brooklyn's development frenzy.

The origin of the pile driver is dated variously from as far back as 5000 years ago in Scotland up to the renaissance starchitects Francesco di Giorgio and Leonardo Da Vinci.

Here is a pile driver you can drink.

1/3 oz vodka
1/3 oz orange juice
1/3 oz prune juice

Pour all ingredients into a shot glass, stir and serve.

UPDATE: An anonymous tipster informs us that the alleged pile driver is in fact a mere drill. We are investigating.

Labels: atlantic avenue, atlantic yards, Brooklyn, pacific street, pile driver, pile-driver, piledriver, renaissance, Vanderbuilt Yards, Ward Bakery

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tc DATE:12:58 PM This post has been removed by the author. ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR:

tc DATE:1:00 PM good lord! i'm out of town for a week and they slip a piledriver into my backyard! i need to go out and shoot it (photograph it, that is) ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR:

Anonymous DATE:7:59 AM Actually it's a drill, not a piledriver. Developer has said he will use the drill to keep the noise and vibration down ----- --------