Gowanus residents are frustrated that the Department of City Planning hasn't taken much of their input into account when drafting a rezoning proposal for the neighborhood. Shown: the Gowanus Canal. Eagle file photo by Paul Frangipane — Gowanus

The Gowanus Canal. Photo: Paul Frangipane/Brooklyn Eagle

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“It just felt right,” Eastern Effects, Inc. founder and owner Scott Levy describes the genesis of his studio and how he came to choose such an unlikely neighborhood for its location. Eagle photos by Andy Katz

Gowanus studio that films FX’s ‘The Americans’ fighting closure

June 1 | By Andy Katz

Alongside the head of one of North America’s most polluted waterways...

The Union Street Bridge and pedestrian walkway. Eagle photo by Scott Enman

Residents to vote on new Union Street Bridge, could affect Gowanus Canal cleanup

April 27 | By Scott Enman

For more than a century, the Union Street Bridge has afforded Brooklynites...

The first proposed location for the CSO tank at the head of the Gowanus Canal. Eagle photos by Scott Enman

EPA, DEP reach preliminary agreement on locations for Gowanus CSO retention tanks

April 26 | By Scott Enman

The cleanup of the notorious Gowanus Canal — referred to by some as...

Look — it's the landmarked Coignet Building, flanked by the wings of Gowanus' Whole Foods. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Here’s the Coignet Building as you’ve never seen it before

April 21 | By Lore Croghan

Hello, Gorgeous. Here’s the Coignet Building, in all its moon...

Bridge Over Troubled Water (thank you, Simon & Garfunkel for that lyric), AKA the Union Street Bridge. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Love that dirty water: The Gowanus Canal’s Union Street Bridge

March 23 | By Lore Croghan

Tainted Love. That song by Soft Cell could serve as the sound...

The landmarked Carroll Street Bridge is the only wooden span in the city that handles car traffic. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Love that dirty water: The Gowanus Canal’s Carroll Street Bridge

March 23 | By Lore Croghan

Tainted Love. That song by Soft Cell could serve as the sound...

This is the Third Street Bridge, with Lightstone Group's new apartment building behind it and the World Trade Center in the distance at left. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Love that dirty water: The Gowanus Canal’s Third Street Bridge

March 23 | By Lore Croghan

Tainted Love. That song by Soft Cell could serve as the sound...

Well I Love That Dirty Water. (Remember the Standells' song?) Here's the Gowanus Canal seen from the Ninth Street Bridge. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Love that dirty water: The Gowanus Canal’s Ninth Street Bridge

March 23 | By Lore Croghan

Tainted Love. That song by Soft Cell could serve as the sound...

Gritty urban vistas abound on the Gowanus Canal, like this one near the Hamilton Avenue Bridge. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Love that dirty water: The Gowanus Canal’s Hamilton Avenue Bridge

March 23 | By Lore Croghan

Tainted Love. That song by Soft Cell could serve as the sound...