The Look Of Homelessness: This Man Lives Inside A Bridge

This man has lived inside New York’s Manhattan Bridge for a year. “Joey” is from China, has been in the United States for 13 years, and says he lost his money gambling.

Claiming to have suffered a financial loss through gambling, Joey said that for the past year he has called the Manhattan Bridge his home – constructing the base between the girders using wood discarded from nearby Chinatown.

Indeed, dotted around the shack built into the bridge are evidence of his shanty construction – wooden boards and used water bottles litter the area.

Joey said that there were others who lived in or near to the bridge – including one woman who had moved her worldly possessions off the cycling ramp to the entrance of of the famous structure finished in 1912…

Each of the cramped homes are around ten feet-by-one-and-a-half feet and seem to be protected with bike locks.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.