Alex Wright


The Print Shop

June 19, 2009

Earlier this week I joined a few colleagues for a tour of the Times' printing plant in College Point, just up the road from La Guardia.

When you spend most of your days pondering a computer screen in a glass tower on 8th Avenue, it's easy to forget that at the end of the day, you still work for a manufacturing company.

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

New York Times - College Point printing plant

Previously: A Trip to the Morgue

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