This article presents the debate on how to fix the Gowanus canal from both the perspective of the EPA and Bloomberg. While I did expect this article to be biased, it is not. Rather, it presents both sides while presenting the author’s takes on each respective side. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/21/32_21_mm_gowanus.html – Jessen Thomas
Entries Tagged as 'Gowanus Canal'
Gowanus Canal Conservancy
October 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
This website focuses on current projects undertaken on the local level to fix the canal. This is particularly useful in studying the relationship between the canal and the neighborhood. Of course, being a website that is supporting the change of the canal, this is very biased. http://www.gowanuscanalconservancy.org/ee/ – Jessen Thomas
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For Local Residents A Mission To Clean Up The Gowanus Canal
October 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
This article is designed for public educational purposes. As a result, it cannot be considered as an unbiased source, the information has been simplified to appeal to a larger audience. However, the idea of using a kite to map possible solutions for the canal brings the idea of using fun activities to engage the support […]
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“Gowanus Community Board Nixes Lightstone’s 700 Rentals”
October 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
Overdue Annotated Bibliography 3 This news article is a brief piece on a rejected Gowanus Canal building proposal put forth by Lightstone. The author, Jessica Dailey, details the specifics of the proposal, the reasons for rejection, and public reactions. She seems to favor the project but only slightly as she most surely strives for objectivity […]
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“Postcard: Brooklyn”
October 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
Overdue Annotated Bibliography 2 Kate Pickert, an author for TIME, wrote this piece on development around the Gowanus Canal. Her thesis is that development plans will have to wait because of the declaration by the EPA of the Gowanus Canal as a Superfund site. She elaborates on how some are upset by the delay, while […]
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“Squeezing More Ecological Value From The Spongepark”
October 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
Overdue Annotated Bibliography 1 This article discusses “sponge parks” and their potential importance at the Gowanus Canal. The author’s main claim is that the sponge parks are important not only as an pollution solution but an encouragement for wildlife and a beautiful reminder of how we should value nature. The author, Steven Handel, is an […]
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Summer on the Gowanus
October 11th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
“Summer On The Gowanus.” : Curbed NY. N.p., 2012. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://ny.curbed.com/tags/summer-on-the-gowanus>. The “CurbedNY” website is a blog post oriented guide to neighborhoods in NYC. Over the summer of 2012 they did a number of articles on the Gowanus Canal. They name interesting sites – like an abandoned MTA building that has become […]
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Effects of Discharge of Spent Cooling Water from an Oligotrophic Lake to a Polluted Eutrophic Lake
October 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
Effler S, Owens E, Matthews D, O’Donnell S, Hassett J. Effects of Discharge of Spent Cooling Water from an Oligotrophic Lake to a Polluted Eutrophic Lake. Journal Of Water Resources Planning & Management[serial online]. March 2009;135(2):96-106. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 14, 2012. http://ez-proxy.brooklyn.cuny.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=36505497&site=ehost-live (Too Big to Upload here) This is a […]
New Life for Onondaga Lake
October 6th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Gowanus Canal
Landers J. New Life for ONONDAGA LAKE. Civil Engineering (08857024) [serial online]. May 2006;76(5):64-86. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 14, 2012. http://ez-proxy.brooklyn.cuny.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=20770836&site=ehost-live This journal entry was written by the American Society of Civil Engineers in order to inform their peers and anyone else reading the journal about the progress of the cleanup at […]
1970s Love Canal, One of the very first superfund sites
October 6th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Gowanus Canal
Phllips A, Yung-Tse H, Bosela P. Love Canal Tragedy. Journal Of Performance Of Constructed Facilities[serial online]. July 2007;21(4):313-319. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 13, 2012. http://ez-proxy.brooklyn.cuny.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=25762192&site=ehost-live The authors of this paper wrote it in order to provide materials for environmental engineering courses that specifically deal with the handling and design of landfills with harmful […]
