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‘Hallelujah’ for Gowanus Canal, Superfund Site
In the wake of the EPA's decision to designate the Gowanus Canal as a Superfund site, pro-designation activists celebrated the morning of the event with jubilant emails and phone calls. "We did it!"...
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Whole Prudes: Why Is High-End Retail So Scarce in Park Slope?
On Saturday afternoon, a security guard sat in the back seat of an idling white jeep, watching over a 2.1-acre patch of dirt near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. There was an overflowing can of garbage...
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Gowanus Canal Grosser Than We Thought
You're welcome, Toll Brothers. The big-time developers fumed, along with the mayor, when the Environmental Protection Agency decided to designate the Gowanus Canal a Superfund site last year. Playing a...
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Philanthropist Plans Art Center in Former Gowanus Powerhouse
Joshua Rechnitz, who caused stir last April when he pledged the single-largest donation to a New York City public park ever, is expanding his philanthropic activities to the art world. Mr. Rechnitz’s...
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Subway Stop at Smith and 9th Streets in Brooklyn Reopens to the Delight of...
In an age where the term "new subway" is something of an oxymoron in New York City, the world’s tallest subway station is back in sparkling action today at Smith and 9th Streets in Brooklyn after a...
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Memories of An Aquatic Casualty: Pols Ask City to Halt Gowanus Canal...
A seven-foot dolphin appeared at the head of the Gowanus Canal earlier this year, ailing and struggling to work its way out of the abysmally polluted waters, as crowds of onlookers rallied for the...
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A Tale of Two Candidates
The candidate’s address on economic growth began by extolling the potential for real estate development to generate prosperity. Having supported the Atlantic Yards project at the height of the hysteria...
View ArticleGowanus Tiptoes Toward a Long-Planned Rezoning
Gowanus is one of the last industrial outposts in gentrifying Brooklyn. Much like East Williamsburg and Bushwick, the streets of Gowanus feature artist studios interspersed with trendy bars and...
View ArticleGowanus Rezoning Paves Way for 22-Story Buildings and Canal Improvements
The Department of City Planning finally released a plan to rezone Gowanus, Brooklyn today, after six years of community meetings and debate. The new land use proposal will pave the way for new...
View ArticleMonadnock Construction Plans New HQ in Gowanus Industrial Zone
While the northern half of Gowanus is set to be rezoned for residential development, affordable housing contractor Monadnock Construction is getting a rezoning of its own, in order to build a new...
View ArticleGowanus Rezoning Could Include New Space for Artists, Light Manufacturing
While the city prepares to rezone a broad swath of industrial Gowanus for mixed-use residential development, Councilman Brad Lander has pushed for a novel provision that gives developers of new...
View ArticleGowanus Rezoning Gets Council Nod After Eight Years of Conflicted Dialogue
The de Blasio administration’s goal of rezoning an area along the Gowanus Canal was green-lit Tuesday by New York City Council, ending eight years of heated debate on the subject. If Mayor Bill de...
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Hot Rental Market Driving Sales for Multifamily Buildings and Development...
In the first half of 2022, investment sales in Brooklyn totaled $5.6 billion, of which multifamily buildings captured nearly $2.7 billion of the transactions, according to Ariel Property Advisors’...
View ArticleNYC Kicks Off $1.6B Investment to Divert Sewage From Gowanus Canal
If Gowanus is known for anything, it’s filthy water. But that legacy may change down the line with not only the dredging of the Gowanus Canal and a rezoning away from industrial uses, but now the...
View ArticleCanadian REIT Acquires Majority Stake in All Year’s Gowanus Development Site
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust, which is headquartered in Toronto, has acquired 75 percent of a large residential development site along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn from All Year Management for...
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