Gowanus and fetid canal up for historic district designation by state – NY Daily News.
The Environmental Protection Agency‘s Gowanus Canal’s Community Advisory Committee (CAG) will be holding its monthly meeting this Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 at 6:30 at Mary Star of The Sea Senior Apartments, 41 1st Street, Brooklyn. In attendance will be 39th District Council Member Brad Lander, and 33th District Council Member Steve Levin. Council Member Carlos Menchaca of the 38th District has […]
By a recent and not remotely exacting tally, the Gowanus neighborhood in Brooklyn has at least eight community groups dedicated to its planning and self-analysis: the Gowanus Alliance, the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Bridging Gowanus, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group, the Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation, Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus, Save Gowanus and […]
Draft Investigation Work Plan for Brownfield Site Available for Public Comment. Please download PDF file below for review. Smithstreet
09/30/2013: EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, New York; $506 Million Cleanup Will Remove Contaminated Sediment and Create Jobs. Release Date: 09/30/2013 Contact Information: Elias Rodriguez, (212) 637-3664, rodriguez.elias@epa.gov (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to clean up the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in […]
Check out this PDF file below. *14% of Gowanus residents are self-employed *Establishments up 44% since 2000 *25% of population aged 25-34 *Property values up %83 since 2004 *New manufacturing, arts, and entertainment scene grows NEIGHBORHOOD TRENDS & INSIGHTS – Neighborhood_Trends_Gowanus_Sept.pdf.
Office of NYC Councilmember Brad Lander and Pratt Center for Community Development have started the Gowanus community planning process. The Pratt Center for Community Development proposed holding small group interviews to better understand what land use and infrastructure issues are important to a wide range of stakeholders. Some of this information will then be reported […]
New ‘green’ playground at P.S. 261 will help prevent flooding of Gowanus Canal | Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Kids at P.S. 261 helped design this beautiful new “green” playground that will help alleviate flooding in the Gowanus Canal. Photo: Trust for Public Land First of up to 40 water-capturing playgrounds By Mary Frost Brooklyn Daily […]
Bill de Blasio, Friend of Real-Estate Developers? : The New Yorker. In 2009, Bill de Blasio, then a Brooklyn city councilman eyeing citywide office, was asked whether he would support a real-estate development of about four hundred and fifty apartments and condos along the polluted Gowanus Canal in his district.The plan faced steep opposition. […]