The state is urging the city to take a ‘hard look at retaining and preserving’ the building, according to an October letter from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).
Kenneth Currie fabricating a sanitation truck hook that is used for lifting trash containers. Currie has worked for five years at Sanitation Repairs, a firm that will have t relocate to permit the clean-up of the Gowanus Canal.
Gowanus Alliance’s Paul Basile speaks at Wednesday’s event.
During Superstorm Sandy, the waters of the Gowanus rose, posing a health risk to its neighbors.
The issue of how to preserve industrial space amid the ambition to create more housing is a big topic in Gowanus, one of the neighborhoods slated for a rezoning.
For the last 24 years Elizabeth O’Reilly has had a studio in a building on the corner of Union and Nevins. She has been painting images of the canal for roughly two decades.
City officials emphasized that they are starting from scratch, not basing this new effort on the Bloomberg-era proposal that was dropped.
The view from the 3rd Street bridge over the Gowanus Canal, where residential and industrial uses already mix—although it is unclear how long that will last.
The Gowanus Canal, site of a big rezoning, a Superfund clean-up and the rare ‘poonami.’
Along the Gowanus, which has been recognized as a health nuisance since the 1800s.
The Gowanus Canal, site of a big rezoning, a Superfund clean-up and the rare ‘poonami.’
With hundreds of miles of combined sewers that carry both sewage and stormwater, massive overflows are common after even small rainfalls, fouling areas like the Gowanus Canal.
Waste and industrial usage dominate the landscape at Gowanus Canal, a 1.8-mile waterway which the EPA says is one of the most polluted in the state. Some 38th district voters wish the Council campaign would address the fate of the canal.
There were fears when the Gowanus Canal was declared a Superfund site that the label would deter development. Evidence suggests the designation has not been a factor in the neighborhood’s evolution.
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