“Site Progress Profile.” Superfund Information Systems. EPA, 22 Oct. 2012. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. <http://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222>. This website page is authored by the EPA, a government organization. It is not an article so if there is any bias present it would be in the government’s reporting of the facts, figures, and details surrounding the clean-up of […]
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Gowanus’ Batcave
October 22nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Gowanus Canal
Ellis, William. “In Gowanus’ Batcave, Broken Teenage Dreams Live On.” AbandonedNYC. n.p., 6 Oct. 2012. Web. 22 Oct. 2012. http://abandonednyc.com/tag/central-power-station/ The author William Ellis, though his article is only a personal blog post, has credibility because he actually went to and explored the site he writes about, with photos to prove it. He blogs about a variety […]
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Dirty Lowe’s Down!
October 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
Buiso, Gary. “Dirty Lowe’s Down! Toxin Hunters Go to Work Near Giant Hardware Store.” The Brooklyn Paper. 23 March 2010. Web. 13 Oct. 2012. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/13/33_13_sb_gowanus_lowes_site.html The author, a writer for the The Brooklyn Paper (a local NYC paper that prints articles regarding neighborhood new in Brooklyn), delves into the clean up surrounding a specific property along […]
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Gowanus Canal Gets Superfund Status
October 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
Navarro, Mireya. “Gowanus Canal Gets Superfund Status.” New York Times. 2 March 2010. Web. 13 Oct. 2012.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/nyregion/03gowanus.html The author, an environmental writer for the NY Times, gives an overview of the impact of the decision to designate the Gowanus Canal as a Superfund site. She notes the politics surrounding the decision – the city […]
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Gowanus Improvement Project
October 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
“DEP Reaches Key Milestone in Gowanus Improvement Project.” NYC.gov. 19 July 2010. Web. 13 Oct. 2012 http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/press_releases/10-72pr.shtml This article does not list an author but it is presented on the NYC government website, which might account for the very optimistic light the information is presented in. The article explains a new $140 million “aeration” system […]
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As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways
October 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
Duhigg, Charles. “As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways.” The New York Times. 22 Nov. 2009. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. The author, a reporter for the New York Times, writes about the sewage overflow problem that the USA faces, concentrating on New York City because of the magnitude of the problem and the costliness of fixing […]
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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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Brownfields Legislation
October 2nd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal, Uncategorized
Davidson, Dan. “Brownfields Legislation is Helping Us Stay Green.” Mustang Journal of Law & Legal Studies (2011): 9 – 16. Print. The author, a professor of Business Law at Radford University in Virginia, outlines Superfund and other relative legislature to support his thesis that there is a correlation between the location of brownfields in urban centers and the tendency of commerce to […]
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Reclaiming Spoiled Landscapes
October 2nd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
Gisolfi, Peter. “Reclaiming Spoiled Landscapes.” Planning 77.2 (2011): 23 – 25. Print. The author, a registered landscape architect and chairman of the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York, uses examples of US land reclamation projects already in the works to create a foundation for analyzing a possible reclamation of the Gowanus Canal. […]
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