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The beginning of the end? 18 Jul 2013 | 05:08 am
The beloved light blue warehouse on Bond Street gets a fence to be prepared for demolition. I left this morning to this. And came back to this. Damn I'll miss this building.
Gowanus Community Holds Meeting this Wednesday to discuss big Lightstone development on Bond Street. 29 Apr 2013 | 01:38 am
DID YOU KNOW THAT LIGHTSTONE IS ABOUT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A MASSIVE 12 STORY, 700 UNIT DEVELOPMENT ON BOND ST. BETWEEN CARROLL AND SECOND? IS THIS WHAT WE NEED AFTER HURRICANE SANDY? PLEASE COME...
Let the EPA know that you want the Gowanus cleaned. Comments due April 27th! 20 Apr 2013 | 12:48 am
The EPA is required by the Superfund Law to consider the input of the Public before finalizing their cleanup decision and is accepting comments through April 27th. From the Riverkeeper: "The Environ...
Audio Portrait: Gowanus Activist by Jamie Courville 30 Nov 2012 | 10:27 pm
Audio portrait of F.R.O.G.G member Linda Mariano. Listen here. Audio portrait artist Jamie Courville says that "I like to record the voices and faces of people who are seldom heard and strive to get ...
Coney Island 5 days after Hurricane Sandy 4 Nov 2012 | 06:02 am
American Suds, Mermaid Avenue. I went out to Coney Island today with some friends who were transporting donations of food, coats and baby items. These are some photos of what I saw. To me the thing ...
Gowanus Area During and After Hurricane Sandy 31 Oct 2012 | 04:04 am
Looking up 3rd Street at a submerged 3rd Street bridge. I was too scared to leave my apartment on Bond Street on the night Sandy hit but my friend and fellow Bond Street neighbor Ed Woodham wasn't. A...
Gowanus Waters Surge and Fill Bond Street 31 Oct 2012 | 12:11 am
This scary footage was taken last night as the waters surged from the Gowanus Canal and began to fill Bond Street at a frighteningly quick speed. The brave person who took this footage (I live on Bon...
Scenes from Gowanus Canal area at low tide today. 29 Oct 2012 | 11:13 pm
Lowtide on the Gowanus at noon is VERY HIGH. A bit of video to for the full effect. This is the lot in a Zone A evacuation area where the city thinks it's perfectly safe to build a 700 unit apartmen...
Sandbags along the Gowanus 29 Oct 2012 | 07:25 pm
The tide is extremely high tonight and the anticipated rain has not even started. The boats are swaying and anything that is in the canal is thrashing about. Houses in the Zone A areas did not really ...
700 new apartments along the Gowanus? Smells like SEWAGE to me. Please sign this petition! 8 Oct 2012 | 07:11 am
This fugly project looks like it belongs in Dallas. Once again the Gowanus community is up against a developer looking to make a fast buck in the name of "affordable housing" and "jobs". If approved ...
