EPA Announces Plan to Preserve and Reconstruct Gowanus Station’s Historic Features

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on February 22nd announced a plan to preserve certain features of the historic Gowanus Station building, also known as 234 Butler Street (pictured below), in conjunction with construction of an underground sewage capture tank at the site the building currently occupies. The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group had recently passed… Read more »

Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Resolution on Saving the Gowanus Station Building in Full if the Gowanus CSO Tunnel Plan is Adopted

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At its January 22, 2019 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution calling for preservation of the Gowanus Station building in full if the plan for a CSO storage tunnel is adopted. The resolution, addressed to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), New York State Historic Preservation Office… Read more »