The story behind Swamp Trump, the Gowanus Canal’s newest resident
October 31, 2019
A statue of President Donald Trump floating in the Gowanus Canal has created quite the stir in Brooklyn and beyond. Phil Gable, the Park Slope artist behind the viral project, snuck the effigy into the waterway two weeks ago. In the days that followed, he stood nearby, silently listening to people react to his work. “It’s the most realistic representation