Manhattan · NYC landmark
Municipal Asphalt Plant / Asphalt Green Murphy Center
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive at East 90th Street · Manhattan, New York City
A former road-building plant offers a visible example of concrete engineering adapted for recreation.
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NYFE Summary
The city mixed asphalt here for its streets. A waterfront location allowed raw materials to arrive by boat, reducing the need for truck deliveries. Production ended in 1968, and residents later campaigned to save the plant.
A series of concrete arches forms the tall parabolic mixing house. The former industrial shell became the Murphy Center, part of Asphalt Green’s recreation complex, in 1984. It is a different building from the neighboring AquaCenter.
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