Congrats to the Vats!

Our digesters have made it big! The Newtown Creek Waste Water Treatment Center—you know, the big silver egg things in Greenpoint—were named one of New York magazine's "Top 10 Designs: of 2008.

The story says:

At a time when New York architecture has been driven by a luxury race, it's good to see Hervé Descottes's blue spots light up the digester eggs of Greenpoint's sewage leviathan. Those functional forms towering over Polshek's color-coded buildings bring fine design to one of society's least glamorous achievements.

If Descotte's name sounds familiar, it's because he was mentioned in Neighborhood Watch a few months back—he is the lighting designer who also designed the lights for the Mona Lisa.

Of course, what the digesters actually do is more important than how they look, but it's nice to see that form and function can both serve the community.

Photo by me.