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Committee: Gowanus Life

Waste watcher: Historian dredges up Gowanus Canal’s dirty history

Posted October 9, 2015 by Josh Skaller & filed under Gowanus Life.

Author, historian and Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group member Joseph Alexiou has just published a new book – about the murky past of the Gowanus Canal. Story via the Brooklyn Paper: “The Gowanus… Read more »

Boat Captain Dreams of Gowanus Canal Teeming With Life, Not Pollution

Posted October 5, 2015 by Josh Skaller & filed under Gowanus Life.

John Lipscomb (Photo: Leslie Albrecht/DNAinfo)   Via DNAinfo and Park Slope/Windsor Terrace/Gowanus reporter Leslie Albrecht: John Lipscomb loves boats, open water and the scent of fresh ocean air, but on a… Read more »

A Photographer Finds Abundant Life in and Around the Gowanus Canal

Posted July 5, 2015 by Josh Skaller & filed under Frontpage, Gowanus Life.

  From the July 3, 2015 edition of The New York Times: The photos here are part of an exhibition called “Gowanus Wild,” which will be at the Brooklyn Public… Read more »

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