Posted in Food, Misc, tagged brooklyn, dunkin donuts brooklyn, emergency preparedness brooklyn, gowanus canal, gowanus superfund, hurricane sandy, photography on October 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, at the Dunkin Donuts by Pathmark and the Gowanus Canal, people were preparing for the storm by buying donuts. Mid-afternoon, there were crullers left as well as some misshapen donut sticks, and bagels, too. This little shopping center, in Zone A, will be closed until further notice.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn sunset, brooklyn superfund, chainlink fence, gowanus canal, gowanus superfund, kentile sign, photography, third ave on March 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The Gowanus Canal, our local Superfund site, sprouts several watery arms along its length – this picture was taken at the end of one, at Third Avenue. The chain link on the bridge here is small-gauge, so people can only throw tiny objects in the water. The Kentile sign is to the left of the setting sun.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn concrete, brooklyn graffiti, brooklyn winter, gowanus canal, gowanus superfund, laozi, photography on February 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Our fancy superfunded canal has tributaries, which means more buildings and space for graffiti. On a gray day like today, the new work of Laozi stood out against the brick background. If snow happened, I didn’t see it.
Posted in Misc, tagged autumn in brooklyn, brooklyn, gowanus canal, gowanus superfund, ninth st, ninth street bridge, ny weather, photography on November 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »
There may have been miniature whitecaps on the canal, that’s how windy it was on the Ninth Street drawbridge. It’s time to get out the gloves and other cold weather gear.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn weed, gowanus, gowanus canal, gowanus superfund, photography, third st on October 2, 2011| 1 Comment »
Like the lotus, this plant is a thing of beauty growing in a challenging situation. Here, where the sidewalk meets the plywood, you can see the the nearby superfunded Gowanus Canal seeping through the fence.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn drawbridge, gowanus canal, gowanus superfund, kentile sign, photography, third street bridge, toxic brooklyn on September 19, 2011| 1 Comment »
View from the Third Street Bridge
The area by the Ninth Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal feels busy and industrial, and view from the Union Street Bridge further on is fairly pastoral. It’s what’s in-between that you have to worry about. A funky aroma hovers over the canal around Third Street. You won’t hold your breath and run up the street, but you will remember, in case you forgot, “Oh, that’s right, SUPERFUND!”
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, brooklyn spring, brooklyn trees, elevated highway, gowanus canal, gowanus superfund, lowe's, photography on April 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »
This site ceased being a picnic spot when they took away the tables. There’s so much NOT going for this place: the Superfunded canal, the scrap yard, the elevated highway, the oil tanks, cars zipping around the lot, and the funky aroma, but look at these blooming trees. They are literally a breath a fresh air and a treat for the eyes.
Posted in Misc, tagged brooklyn, gowanus canal, gowanus superfund, notary district, photography, russo notary, smith and 9th, smith st, view from f train, view from subway on February 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The houses replacing Vincent Russo’s eccentric realty and notary business on Smith Street, across from Budget, are almost finished. It’s clearly not the best place to own property: there’s the polluted Gowanus Canal nearby and the extensive work happening on the Smith & Ninth Street subway stop.
Posted in Transportation, tagged boating in gowanus, brooklyn, brooklyn boating, gowanus, gowanus canal, gowanus superfund, lowe's brooklyn, photography on October 8, 2010| 1 Comment »
I would have been as surprised to see an elephant swimming up the Gowanus Canal, but five canoes, filled with adults and children, made their way past Pathmark and Lowe’s. Part of the fun of being in a small boat is dragging a stick or fingers in the water, but in this body of greenish, toxic water, that’s to be discouraged. You can imagine the lecture those kids got before stepping foot in a canoe.
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