Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Eymund Diegel, Peter Reich. Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid. You can watch a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter passcode %dnk9Fyh for access. Commemorative sites Besides discussion about the items below, we had a long discussion about Eymund’s ideas to make sites along the Gowanus into commemorative sites. He… Read more »
Committee: Archaeology
Minutes of the August 3, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Margaret Maugenest, Jason Schwartzman. Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid; Aaron Kaufman, Gowanus Remediation Trust. You can watch a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter passcode ^NZVd%1s for access. Discussion of the CAG membership survey. 1. Discussed ways to get the StoryMap and other materials out to the community. Outreach help?… Read more »
Minutes of the July 6, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Jason Schwartzman; Joseph Alexiou arrived late but meeting had ended; Michael Kilian was out of town but emailed. Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid; Aaron Kaufman, Gowanus Remediation Trust, stuck in transit and could not attend. You can watch a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter passcode yRz%As.0 for access. 1…. Read more »
Minutes of the June 1, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Eymund Diegel, Peter Reich, Jason Schwartzman. Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid; Fabio Perla, Gowanus Remediation Trust. You can watch a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter passcode O4AK1%A2 for access. 1. Discuss ways to get the Storyboard and other materials out to the community.. 2. Agreed to work with… Read more »
Minutes of the May 4, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Joseph Alexiou, Eymund Diegel, Katia Kelly, Michael Kilian, Louis Kleinman, Peter Reich, Jason Schwartzman. Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid; Aaron Kaufman, Gowanus Remediation Trust. You can watch a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter passcode fp^+^7v^ for access. 1. Get the Storyboard out to the community – It is… Read more »
Minutes of the May 4, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Louis Kleinman, Eymund Diegel, Katia Kelly, Michael Kilian, Jason Schwartzman, Joseph Alexiou, Peter Reich. Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid; Aaron Kaufman, Gowanus Remediation Trust. You can watch a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter passcode fp^+^7v^ for access. 1. Get the Storyboard out to the community – It is already… Read more »
Minutes of the March 2, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Katia Kelly, Michael Kilian, Peter Reich, Jason Schwartzman. Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid; Aaron Kaufman, Gowanus Remediation Trust. You can watch a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter passcode +D$t3q8= for access. 1. Checked status of the Storyboard with GRT. Chronical Heritage is working on setting up an account with a… Read more »
Minutes of the February 2, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Peter Reich, Katia Kelly, Michael Killian, Joseph Alexiou, Jason Schwartzman. Guests: Irene Baker – National Grid. Sean Downey – GRT. Nick Bello – Park Slope Living. You can view a video recording of the meeting here. Enter passcode 2@Q%VvI= for access. 1. Checked status of the Storyboard with Sean. Chronical Heritage is working on setting… Read more »
Minutes of the January 5, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Moderator), Edmund Diegel, Michael Killian, Peter Reich Guests: Irene Baker (National Grid), Aaron Kaufman (Gowanus Remediation Team) 1. Michael explored the NYC Municipal Archives (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/?pg=2&s=gowanus+canal) and some of the photos show up in his Instagram account “Gowanus_Archeology” (there is an underline in there!). Eymund provided to the Gowanus Canal Conservancy (GCC) a bunch of material… Read more »
Early January 2026 Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committee Meetings
Two Gowanus Canal CAG meetings are scheduled for the first week of January. Please join us via Zoom for either or both! Archaeology & Historic Preservation CommitteeMonday, January 5, 6:00 p.m.Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9808972869?omn=85029255507Meeting ID: 980 897 2869 Water Quality & Technical CommitteeMonday, January 5, 7:00 p.m.Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87196633276Meeting ID: 871 9663 3276