10 Historical Buildings in Gowanus at Risk Without Landmark Status
Discover 10 historic buildings showcased by The Gowanus Landmarking Coalition on its new website calling for landmarking of historic Gowanus industrial sites.
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Step Inside a Camera Obscura Showing Views of Gowanus Brooklyn at The Vanderbilt Republic
Back in 2016, we reported on The Vanderbilt Republic’s camera obscura project. If you missed it the first time around, you’re in luck: it’s making a comeback.
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10 NYC Music Venues That Double As Art Galleries
These ten spaces aim to provide artists and the public with spaces to create, share, and enjoy work across platforms such as music, art, performance, and film.
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17 NYC Locations in The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica is a true story of Billy Gawronski, a NYC boy who stowed away on Admiral Byrd’s 1928 expedition.
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You Can Now Drink and Throw Axes at This Gowanus Bar
Forget your typical game of darts: Gowanus, Brooklyn is now home to a 7,000-square-foot bar that specializes in the competitive sport of axe throwing.
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10 Former and Still Existing Iconic Signs in NYC
Over the years, we’ve grown accustomed to seeing specific signs — some more flashy than others, but all equally as spectacular. Here’s a look back at some.
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8 of NYC’s Lost Baseball Stadiums
Play ball! Here’s a look back at 7 of NYC’s lost baseball stadiums from Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium to the more obscure Capitoline Grounds.
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Gowanus Lowlands Visionary Plan Released to Transform Neighborhood into Thriving Ecosystem and Community Space
The Gowanus Canal Conservancy and SCAPE landscape architecture unveiled its visionary plan for Gowanus: Gowanus Lowlands: A Blueprint for NYC’s Next Great Park.
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Gowanus Batcave To Be Transformed into Artist & Manufacturing Space, The Powerhouse Workshop
The Powerhouse Environmental Arts Foundation will begin the transformation of the Gowanus Batcave into Powerhouse Workshop, an artist and manufacturing space.
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Ample Hills Ice Cream Offers Hillary and Trump Ice Cream Flavors in Scoop the Vote
Make America Orange Again ice cream flavor at Ample Hills “May contain bluster, hot air and bricks.” Madam President is made with sugar, spice & women’s rights.
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Proposal Aims to Clean Gowanus Canal by Bringing Creeks to the Streets
Street Creeks, a strategy to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and manage stormwater runoff in urban runways like the Gowanus Canal by Atema Arhitecture
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Discover the Secret History of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal This Saturday
There’s so much more to the Gowanus Canal than sludge. Join our walking tour of its secrets with Joseph Alexiou, author of Gowanus: Broolyn’s Curious Canal.
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