GOWANUS — THE GOWANUS CANAL CONSERVANCY ON FRIDAY announced that it was selected to receive the American Society of Landscape Architects’ Olmsted Medal, which is awarded yearly to landscaping outsiders for environmental leadership and stewardship. The award honors Frederick Law Olmsted, the legendary designer of Central and Prospect parks, among many others. Founded in 2006, […]
GOWANUS — “Shockingly high levels” of cancer-causing trichloroethylene (TEC) have been detected in the indoor air of homes and buildings in a vast swath of the Gowanus Canal area, environmental database firm Toxics Targeting said in a release. The firm was set to hold a joint news conference with the community organization Voice of Gowanus […]
GOWANUS — I’ll never forget the first time I saw humans on the Gowanus Canal. It was summer in early August, and I was standing on the Third Street Bridge. As the Venetian stench of the canal wafted up, my eyes lit upon a shocking sight: Canoes! In that oil-slicked water! I half-expected their little […]