10 This article by Howard Halle, editor at large for Time Out New York, wrote this piece in 2000 about canoeing in the Gowanus Canal. The author’s thesis is that the cleanliness of the canal is improving, though no complete end is in sight for the pollution therein. He writes for the average New […]
Entries from October 24th, 2012
“Can Brooklyn’s Infamously Fetid Gowanus Canal Really Transform the Borough into the “Venice of New York”?”
October 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Gowanus Canal
“On Tap- Lavender Lake in Gowanus, Brooklyn.”
October 24th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Gowanus Canal
9 Julia Felsenthal, a features editor for The New York Times’ T Magazine, wrote this article about the Lavender Lake bar located right alongside the infamous Gowanus Canal. The author is really just writing to the public to let them know of the Lavender Lake and its back-story. The article is biased in favor […]
“New York City Commits to Green Solution for Sewage Overflows, Harnessing Water as a Resource to Improve Communities.”
October 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Gowanus Canal
8 This article by blogger Peter Lehner discusses New York’s recent efforts to combat sewage overflows, the cities greatest cause of water pollution. Lehner is the executive director of the Natural Resources Defense Council and a professor of environmental law at Columbia University Law School. His main point is that green infrastructure is the […]
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