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Breaking News: Gowanus Canal officially named Superfund site

by Diana Rosenthal on 02. Mar, 2010 in Blog Posts, Health, Maritime, News

This morning, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would declare the Gowanus Canal a federal Superfund site. Read NY Times coverage here.
The Brooklyn Paper: The controversial designation sets into motion a half-billion-dollar, decade-long federally overseen clean-up of the polluted waterway, which cuts a sclerotic artery through the gentrifying heart of Brownstone Brooklyn. But it also [...]

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Gowanus Canal: an area of transition

by Diana Rosenthal on 22. Oct, 2009 in History, Maritime, News

The New York Times Magazine features a piece today on the Gowanus Canal, and the environmental debate surrounding it as of late. How great is the photo? It’s the canal like I’ve never seen it.
“It’s this area of transition,” a real estate broker named William Duke told me recently. It was a warm weekday evening [...]

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PortSide NewYork fundraiser tomorrow

by Diana Rosenthal on 12. Jun, 2009 in Events, Maritime, Park Slope, Red Hook

Tomorrow, June 13, is the first-ever fundraiser held by PortSide NewYork, a young, innovative non-profit organization with diverse programs are about water and the waterfront. PortSide NewYork plans to create waterfront access, arts and recreational boating events, jobs, historical products and policy-programs for diverse economic groups and individuals. The fundraiser is taking place tomorrow evening from 6-9 [...]

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French Navy Says: Encore de Brooklyn

by Claude Scales on 22. Apr, 2009 in Maritime

Setting out on my walk this morning, I saw from the Promenade a warship docked at Pier 7, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue. The Tricolor flying from the jackstaff at her stern and “D620″ on her bow identify her as the frigate Forbin of the Marine Nationale. Perhaps the crew of the [...]

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Gowanus Canal proposed for EPA Superfund List

by Diana Rosenthal on 09. Apr, 2009 in Government, Maritime

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to add Brooklyn’s very own Gowanus Canal to its Superfund National Priority List (NPL).
EPA: “By proposing to list the Gowanus Canal, EPA can ensure that a thorough investigation into the source and extent of the contamination can take place,” said Acting Regional Administrator George Pavlou. “The sooner we [...]

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French Navy Ship Visits Brooklyn.

by Claude Scales on 31. Oct, 2008 in Maritime, News

The French missile tracking ship Monge, named for the 18th-19th century mathematician Gaspard Monge, is docked at Pier 7 near Columbia Street just south of Atlantic Avenue. Need to brush up on conversational French? Drop in to Montero’s or other Atlantic Avenue watering holes this weekend.

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