Minetta Brook is seemingly one of the most celebrated buried waterways in Manhattan. Beginning above Washington Square Park, Minetta Brook exited into the Hudson River below W Houston St. Unlike many of the other creeks, remnants of Minetta are easy to find. At the intersection of 6th Ave and Bleeker St sits Father Demo Square. The water used for the fountain is not from Minetta Brook but it acts as a symbol of what used to be. Across the busy avenue is Minetta Green. Again, this site is simply a commemorative space. Just above this little garden is Minetta Lane which branches out into Minetta St, a block that seems to suggests the path Minetta Brook once followed.
I wonder what affects these buried waterways have on this modern city. Are they still around, showing themselves in the form of puddles formed by poor drainage? Where the city's waste water systems based off of the routes they once took?
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