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Author, historian and Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group member Joseph Alexiou has just published a new book\u00a0\u2013 about the murky past\u00a0of the Gowanus Canal. Story\u00a0via the Brooklyn Paper<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gowanus Canal is a lens through which you can look at the development of Brooklyn as a city,\u201d said historian Joseph Alexiou. \u201cYou could stand at the water\u2019s edge from 1630 to 2015, and you can tell exactly what period you\u2019re in by how the canal\u2019s being used. In the pre-colonial era you\u2019re seeing natives fishing for oysters. Post-colonial you\u2019re seeing Dutch settlers and grist mills. During the revolutionary period you\u2019re seeing rebels getting shot, and during the industrial period you start seeing pollution.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\"Joseph<\/a>\n

Joseph Alexiou (Photo: Jason Speakman\/Brooklyn Paper)<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author, historian and Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group member Joseph Alexiou has just published a new book\u00a0\u2013 about the murky past\u00a0of the Gowanus Canal. 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