Wender·Vista
Manhattan Bridge from DUMBO
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew York
between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, on the Brooklyn side

Manhattan Bridge from DUMBO

— — the bridge that frames the city behind it.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The corner of Washington and Water in Brooklyn. The blue stone tower of the Manhattan Bridge lines up with the Empire State Building down the cobblestone slope, and on a clear morning a dozen people with cameras end up at the same crosswalk. The light changes. The photograph waits. A traffic officer politely waves the next car through.

from the studio
Manhattan Bridge from DUMBO
— bring it home

Manhattan Bridge from DUMBO, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Manhattan Bridge from DUMBO

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

DUMBO — Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass — is a Brooklyn neighborhood on the East River between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. The bridge itself opened on December 31, 1909, and carries four subway tracks, seven traffic lanes, and a pedestrian walkway between Canal Street in Chinatown and Flatbush Avenue Extension. The view down Washington Street, with the suspension tower framing the Empire State Building roughly two miles uptown, is one of the most photographed angles in New York City.

— the stone

The cobblestones along Washington Street are Belgian block, laid when DUMBO was an industrial waterfront of warehouses and Robert Gair's paperboard factories in the 1890s. The bridge above them is steel with limestone-faced piers, designed by Leon Moisseiff and completed in 1909 at a cost of about 31 million dollars. Below, the old brick warehouses hold galleries and apartments; above, the B, D, N, and Q trains still rattle across into Manhattan every few minutes.

— the visit

DUMBO is a short walk from the York Street F train or the High Street A and C train. The Washington Street alignment sits between Water and Front; the crosswalk fills with photographers near sunset and on weekend mornings. Brooklyn Bridge Park runs along the waterfront below, with Jane's Carousel under its glass pavilion and Time Out Market two blocks east. The cobblestones are uneven, and a flat sole helps.

— informed by Brooklyn Bridge Park
— where
United States · Brooklyn, New York
— position
40.7033° N · 73.9881° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
1 km SW
Brooklyn Bridge
suspension bridge
at the lake
Jane's Carousel
carousel pavilion
at the lake
Empire Stores
warehouse complex
1 km E
Vinegar Hill
historic neighborhood
N
Manhattan Bridge from DUMBO
Brooklyn Bridge
Jane's Carousel
Empire Stores
Vinegar Hill
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Manhattan Bridge from DUMBO — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

At the corner of Washington and Water streets in DUMBO, Brooklyn, between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. The cobblestone street rises south, aligning the bridge tower with the Empire State Building.

The Manhattan Bridge opened on December 31, 1909, connecting Canal Street in Chinatown to Flatbush Avenue Extension in Brooklyn. It carries four subway tracks, seven traffic lanes, and a pedestrian walkway.

Leon Moisseiff designed the suspension structure, with architectural work by Carrère and Hastings on the original approach arches and colonnade. The bridge cost roughly 31 million dollars to build.

Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. The name was coined by residents in the late 1970s, partly to keep developers away. It stuck, and the area is now a designated historic district.

The cobblestone slope of Washington Street lines the bridge's blue stone tower up with the Empire State Building two miles uptown — one of the few places in the city where two icons land in a single frame.

— about the piece in your home

It's been a meaningful gift for many of our customers with Brooklyn ties — people who lived in DUMBO before the buildout, or who walked the bridges on weekends. A Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note carries well.

The deep cobalt of the tower against warm brick reads strongly in industrial loft, Brooklyn modern, and jewel-tone maximalist rooms. It also sits well in a quieter palette of warm whites, walnut, and brass.

Brick, cobblestone, and ironwork are the textures industrial-loft interiors lean on, and the artwork picks them up. A Large above a leather sofa or a console table reads as anchor, not decoration.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large is the easiest answer. For a longer console or a wider wall, a 4-tile Mural reads with more presence; a 9-tile Mural takes a full feature wall.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and built for vertical installation behind a sink or in a shower. The Glossy finish is best kept to dry rooms.

A microfibre cloth with water is enough. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and lives beneath the finish, so there is nothing on top to scrub off.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio in Knoxville. We don't license stock art and we don't reprint other photographers. The eye is Reid Wender's, the hand-finishing is in-house.

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