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Self Storage II

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Jul 07, 2025
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Last week's self-storage post was meant to be a one-off, but after rummaging through my own digital storage—hundreds of thousands of files scattered across dozens of hard drives—I found a few more images worth sharing.

Like this storage unit in Flatbush, housed in a former Ebinger's Bakery building that once produced the iconic Brooklyn Blackout Cake: three layers of devil's food cake separated by dark chocolate pudding, covered in chocolate frosting, and sprinkled with chocolate cake crumbs.

Or this Bronx behemoth, which is supposedly the largest storage facility in the world:

Hopefully this extended survey will satisfy your appetite for the most utilitarian of architecture. If all goes according to plan, I’ll be back Thursday with College Point in Queens.

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