tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48104839571757209402024-02-18T22:29:41.762-05:00Found in Brooklynmost of the timeLisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.comBlogger737125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-64306037282476194372013-07-17T20:08:00.001-04:002013-07-17T20:08:55.303-04:00The beginning of the end?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beloved light blue warehouse on Bond Street gets a fence to be prepared for demolition. I left this morning to this.</span></div>
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<br />Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-27622688590503920782013-04-28T16:38:00.003-04:002013-04-28T16:38:19.479-04:00Gowanus Community Holds Meeting this Wednesday to discuss big Lightstone development on Bond Street.<span style="color: navy; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">DID YOU KNOW THAT LIGHTSTONE IS</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span style="color: white;"> ABOUT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
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<span style="color: navy;">MASSIVE 12 STORY, 700
UNIT </span><span style="color: navy;">DEVELOPMENT ON BOND ST.
BETWEEN</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: navy;">CARROLL AND
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: navy;">IS THIS WHAT WE NEED AFTER
HURRICANE</span><span style="color: navy;"> SANDY?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: navy;">Hear concerns as to how
this development could adversely affect our </span><span style="color: navy;">neighborhood and learn what
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: navy;">When:Wednesday,</span><span style="color: navy;"> May 1 </span></span></div>
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41 1st Street (between Bond and Hoyt)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: navy;">Time: 6:45pm</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: white;">This meeting was put together by concerned local residents, civic groups "Friends of Bond" and "FROGG".</span></span>Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-44702820598232867052013-04-19T15:48:00.001-04:002013-04-19T15:48:38.107-04:00Let the EPA know that you want the Gowanus cleaned. Comments due April 27th!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAU0T6Mb5WB4NBVdo56OxT2FYCQ41pUnas83iWF1c18FvIPhltEJi6iyIrinMuHdP-dkJU11Go1bZMRwlfSgv1uNIjgaTFZYT4nZOokbJtLZSKX74jki8JPjeEOLgWiZEwVasUvj_ZkKX/s1600/P1080150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAU0T6Mb5WB4NBVdo56OxT2FYCQ41pUnas83iWF1c18FvIPhltEJi6iyIrinMuHdP-dkJU11Go1bZMRwlfSgv1uNIjgaTFZYT4nZOokbJtLZSKX74jki8JPjeEOLgWiZEwVasUvj_ZkKX/s640/P1080150.JPG" width="640" /></a>The <span class="il">EPA</span> is required by the Superfund Law to consider the input of the Public before finalizing their cleanup decision and is accepting <span class="il">comments</span> through April 27</strong><sup><strong>th.</strong> </sup></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>"The Environmental Protection Agency will decide soon on its cleanup plan for the Gowanus Canal, and we need your help to ensure the cleanup is comprehensive. After nearly 150 years of use, the canal has become heavily contaminated with PCBs, heavy metals, pesticides, volatile organic compounds, sewage solids from combined sewer overflows, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).<br /><br />This plan is comprehensive and will involve dredging contaminated sediments and capping what remains to prevent the future spread of pollutants while reducing toxic discharges from Combined Sewer Overflows by 58 – 74% and halting the flow of contamination from properties along the canal. </em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The <span class="il">EPA</span> has also asked the Red Hook community if they would support the creation of a Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) on the Red Hook waterfront to permanently dispose of sediment from the least contaminated section of the canal after it has been treated."</em></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> Follow this </em></span><a href="https://secure3.convio.net/river/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=425&autologin=true&AddInterest=1501&JServSessionIdr004=8e563fby82.app304b" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>link</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> to a simple form provided by the Riverkeeper.</em></span> <br />
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Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-40056063128861218852012-11-30T12:19:00.001-05:002012-11-30T12:27:27.946-05:00Audio Portrait: Gowanus Activist by Jamie Courville<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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Audio portrait of F.R.O.G.G member Linda Mariano. Listen <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/88609-frogg-portrait" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Audio portrait artist <a href="http://jamiecourville.com/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Jamie Courville</a> says that <strong>"I like to record the voices and faces of people who are seldom heard and strive to get them to places where they will be."</strong> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She recently produced a piece focusing on one of F.R.O.G.G founders <a href="http://foundinbrooklyn.blogspot.com/search?q=linda+mariano" target="_blank">Linda Mariano</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">What is F.R.O.G.G you ask? F.R.O.G.G stands for Friends and Residents of the Greater Gowanus, a Brooklyn community activist group who act as a watch dog for environmental issues in the Gowanus Corridor. A few years back F.R.O.G.G led a huge campaign to helped in part to get the Gowanus Superfunded. In the past month most of FROGGs prophesies have come true with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. FROGG uses science as a barometer and has been talking about sea levels, climate change, flooding and water contamination in response to future development plans on the shores of the Gowanus for years. Developers like to depict them as "environmental crazies" but I think that they are the sanest people around. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Please click <a href="http://www.prx.org/p/88609#.ULjkV4xpbwE.blogger" target="_blank">here</a> to listen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Jamie has other audio portraits of people that you can listen to on her website. Go to it <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Jamie%20Courville's%20website%20http://jamiecourville.com/Welcome.html" target="_blank">here.</a></span></div>
<br />Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-54311290697026082722012-11-03T19:54:00.004-04:002012-11-03T21:02:24.056-04:00Coney Island 5 days after Hurricane Sandy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>American Suds, Mermaid Avenue.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I went out to Coney Island today with some friends who were transporting donations of food, coats and baby items. These are some photos of what I saw. To me the thing that makes Coney Island such a special place is how no matter how urban it's side streets are you can never get away from how Mother Nature is really the one who owns the place even without Hurricane Sandy. So excuse me if these photos seem to jump back from the streets to the beach but that's Coney. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Garbage has not seemed to have been picked up in a while on Mermaid Avenue.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Window with food on the sill at the <a href="http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2012/11/hundreds-of-senior-citizens-in-warbasse-luna-park-and-other-co-ops-trapped-23-flights-up/">Warbasse Houses</a> which houses thousands of elderly and still does not have power. Many volunteers showed up today to climb over 20 flights of stairs to check on residents and to donate supplies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz at the FEMA staging area in Coney Island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coney Island residents waiting for supplies at FEMA staging area.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting water from fire hydrants which will probably have to carried up many flight of stairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Coney Island will rise again but will be needing help for quite some time. I heard people say that power may not be on until NOVEMBER 10th! That's another week of no heat, no hot water, no elevators and a whole lot of stress. And it is COLD there. Donations most needed are blankets, coats, flashlights, powerstrips, BABY ITEMS such as diapers, wipes, boxed milk, pediasure as well as insure, first aid items, cleaning items and non perishable food. There are <b>no </b>markets for these people to shop in right now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Click <a href="http://interoccupy.net/occupysandy/">here</a> to see where you can drop off donations or donate manpower to not only Coney Island but all the communities in NYC that have been hard hit by Hurricane Sandy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-53612117221565387212012-10-30T17:22:00.000-04:002012-11-04T08:24:42.753-05:00Gowanus Area During and After Hurricane Sandy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Looking up 3rd Street at a submerged 3rd Street bridge.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was too scared to leave my apartment on Bond Street on the night Sandy hit but my friend and fellow Bond Street neighbor <a href="vhttp://www.artinoddplaces.org/2009/ewoodham.phphttp://www.artinoddplaces.org/2009/ewoodham.php">Ed Woodham</a> wasn't. All these evening hurricane photos were taken by him in the area around Bond Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Car</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> floating on 3rd Street Bridge. No sign of a driver. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Ed Woodham</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking down a flooded 2nd Street toward the Gowanus Canal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P<span style="font-size: x-small;">hoto Ed Woodham</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking out of a Bond Street building toward 3rd Street. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Ed Woodham</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking from a Bond Street building toward 2nd Street. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The water recedes and the leaves it's aftermath on Bond Street. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bond Street and 2nd Street this morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1rst Street at Bond Street.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Bond Street was littered with logs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The logs seemed to have been pushed to Bond Street when the waters breached from this 1rst Street lot on the shore of the canal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although the canal sort of looked pretty with this psychedelic rainbow slick....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it made the air smell like gas today. This water is full of toxic poisons and we were VERY lucky we didn't get heavy rains last night as the water would not have receded so quickly with the tides. On the night of the storm surge up Bond Street I looked out my window and was so frightened when I saw large objects floating up the street. Next time I might evacuate. I was considered "Zone B" even though I was about 20 feet from "Zone A". Today basements are flooded and the streets are full of potentially toxic debris. We really don't know the health risks of being in contact with this water, which is a very good point on why building a huge 700 unit apartment building on the shores of the Gowanus in a "Zone A" evactuation area is a <a href="http://foundinbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2012/10/700-new-apartments-along-gowanus-smells.html">bad idea</a>.</span>Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-49447652762442720022012-10-30T16:05:00.001-04:002012-10-30T16:11:29.812-04:00Gowanus Waters Surge and Fill Bond Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This scary footage was taken last night as the waters surged from the Gowanus Canal and began to fill Bond Street at a frighteningly quick speed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The brave person who took this footage (I live on Bond and I was cowering in the middle of my apartment with the lights off having anxiety attacks!) has a very sane and logical message for Lightstone Properties , who wish to build a <a href="http://foundinbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2012/10/700-new-apartments-along-gowanus-smells.html">700 unit apartment complex</a> on this stretch of block which is "DON'T BUILD HERE!"</span>Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-79884636234482081372012-10-29T14:55:00.000-04:002012-10-29T15:13:04.978-04:00Scenes from Gowanus Canal area at low tide today.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lowtide on the Gowanus at noon is VERY HIGH.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>This is the lot in a Zone A evacuation area where the city thinks it's perfectly safe to build a 70<a href="http://foundinbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2012/10/700-new-apartments-along-gowanus-smells.html">0 unit apartment complex</a>. This will be completely flooded in a few hours. </em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial;">A very HIGH low tide looking up toward 3rd Street from the Carroll Street Bridge. Future 700 unit apartment complex site on your right.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Film business buses evacuating parking lot at the Canal are filling up Bond Street. Maybe they will help to protect the houses a bit more from the anticipated storm surges?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The tide is <strong>extremely </strong>high tonight and the anticipated rain has not even started. The boats are swaying and anything that is in the canal is thrashing about. Houses in the Zone A areas did not really seem evacuated but precautions were being taken as far as putting tape on windows and sandbags on cellar doors</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently the Gowanus/Carroll Gardens community has learned that developer <a href="http://foundinbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2012/10/700-new-apartments-along-gowanus-smells.html">Lightstone Properties</a> wants to build a 700 unit apartment building on this very block - directly on the shores of the Gowanus Canal in a CATEGORY A <a href="http://project.wnyc.org/news-maps/hurricane-zones/hurricane-zones.html">EVACUATION ZONE!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is this project about creating safe housing for people or really about developers making ruthless profit by putting people in harms way?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Building on a Federal Superfund Site seems like a bad idea to start but to also build in a flood plain in which the floods include raw sewage makes it even a worse idea. And to build in a place that right now is in the midst of a MANDATORY EVACUATION seems like a REALLY <em>REALLY</em> BAD IDEA!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> In fact there was supposed to be a hearing about it tomorrow but it's been cancelled due to the hurricane! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now is the time for our elected officials and City Planning to start opening up their eyes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click </span><a href="http://bradlander.com/contact"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to contact 39th District Councilman Brad Lander to voice your concern and <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/maildcp.html">here</a> for City Planning.</span></div>
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<em>This fugly project looks like it belongs in Dallas.</em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once again the Gowanus community is up against a developer looking to make a fast buck in the name of "affordable housing" and "jobs". If approved this development will situate itself on Bond Street between 2nd Street and Carroll Street in the same place as the Toll Brothers proposed to build their project which housed 200 LESS units than this. Toll Brothers abandoned the project when the EPA declared this a toxic waterway and designated it a <a href="http://www.eany.org/issues/other-issues/181-nys-superfund">Superfund site.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The developers, Lightstone Group, are using an <a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6204.html">Environmental Impact Statement</a> or "EIS" from the days before it became a superfund site and have admitted at a CB6 land use meeting last week to be using non union workers. This is WRONG! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">F.I.B loves by paint by number paintings so this is a <strong><u>real</u></strong> treasure.</span></div>Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-1483427254226357832012-04-05T21:27:00.000-04:002012-04-06T08:56:51.807-04:00Nancy Drew "Cher-tacular" Art Opening this Saturday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://freddysbar.com/">Freddy's Bar and Back Room</a> is worshiping at the alter of CHER this weekend. Not only is there new Cher-specific work by Nancy Drew premiering but you have a chance of taking one away or gettting a Freddy's bar tab if you choose to dress like Cher or one of her many consorts or family members.<br />
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Read more about her <a href="http://www.mexonline.com/virginofguadalupe.htm">here</a>.Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com3Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA40.7064461 -73.953616340.6944091 -73.973357299999989 40.7184831 -73.9338753tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-8775907131341174612011-10-23T22:44:00.005-04:002011-10-23T22:56:10.052-04:00Twilight Icon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndJx-EuksXRsJ9Rji-498uCiCWuETiCePb5ikiTakYcVwumwoPR4MroAicW8V33kzJLXhVd4I0mq94g6GJtdqLP_yfzSvgfwSQhpEpnP5mAMGQ-TOdgl3VFJBzyfRIpm5izrwgmetcp4N/s1600/P1060659.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndJx-EuksXRsJ9Rji-498uCiCWuETiCePb5ikiTakYcVwumwoPR4MroAicW8V33kzJLXhVd4I0mq94g6GJtdqLP_yfzSvgfwSQhpEpnP5mAMGQ-TOdgl3VFJBzyfRIpm5izrwgmetcp4N/s400/P1060659.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666884250657449938" /></a> Kentile Floors may be closed due to the fact that they produced floor tiles that were loaded with asbestos but the sign remains and is known to anyone who takes the F train or lives in the Gowanus area. <br /><br />Read about more about their history <a href=http://mas.org/kentile-sign-a-place-that-matters/>here</a>.Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-82337576595330884552011-10-16T14:22:00.002-04:002011-10-16T20:21:51.730-04:00NYPD Protecting Delmonico's on Wall Street<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZGxz1S-NkpPblxe63SIm8LpCL2joYJJcnTBxmdzUI_-DwzQF_TvFI_iURvQQoaVfMlRxQxuj3iTp8szh9p8_vx_zKq3nrZ0P9b6hg7CCY5F4mlQSCKkxzQgR5xpNI7xOtOAJ4Rh7c3HZ/s1600/P1060464.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZGxz1S-NkpPblxe63SIm8LpCL2joYJJcnTBxmdzUI_-DwzQF_TvFI_iURvQQoaVfMlRxQxuj3iTp8szh9p8_vx_zKq3nrZ0P9b6hg7CCY5F4mlQSCKkxzQgR5xpNI7xOtOAJ4Rh7c3HZ/s400/P1060464.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664158390276232242" /></a> <strong><em>Let them eat steak!</em></strong>Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-60641389864084385222011-09-26T18:41:00.005-04:002011-09-26T18:50:33.617-04:00Electric Haircut by Nelson in Dumbo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mhxl2crcqnYjxOWyhwlYue5todytKrgJrGUW5QOXMG2Aur6vig_krHHZOB8YD_fFNJD4-o2BjOG6Fr57vAZ-RD1YtO-mT2RzIUzAVSh6wrI9uuIDmXN5FNRinTbaHGZo5Rm-94LbV1U4/s1600/P1060369.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mhxl2crcqnYjxOWyhwlYue5todytKrgJrGUW5QOXMG2Aur6vig_krHHZOB8YD_fFNJD4-o2BjOG6Fr57vAZ-RD1YtO-mT2RzIUzAVSh6wrI9uuIDmXN5FNRinTbaHGZo5Rm-94LbV1U4/s400/P1060369.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656802559755302034" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;">Nelson cuts the hair of volunteers with his amplified scissors.<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span> <br /><br />Wish I had taken a photo of the Mom taping her daughter's mouth shut in the chair, that girl will be telling her therapist <span style="font-weight:bold;">that</span> one in a few years!<br /><br />I'm a liar. I'm back. Albeit sporadically and with mostly photos.Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-65520078060942605142011-02-13T13:33:00.013-05:002011-02-13T14:26:45.077-05:00Good Bye!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93cP_jV28aYMdhX9vCgg79o0PKNYdZOhlVPupeJoL7U2P_3BUBYNx1HzaXB62rxYUVG59ifyOLkIk-qgZ2FcOkGFivB6RclZyIxIaech9A7VkiW3KoEFGQ8BHf7Fkq0hEekh9CtX1_Pc/s1600-h/my+block.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93cP_jV28aYMdhX9vCgg79o0PKNYdZOhlVPupeJoL7U2P_3BUBYNx1HzaXB62rxYUVG59ifyOLkIk-qgZ2FcOkGFivB6RclZyIxIaech9A7VkiW3KoEFGQ8BHf7Fkq0hEekh9CtX1_Pc/s400/my+block.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027793652625362402" /></a><br /><br />I do believe that this will be F.I.B's last post. I would like to thank you all for stopping by because you people out there are the only reason I have kept it up for the past year or so. There were times when I was really into the blog but now unfortunately it has become more of an obligation and that's no fun at all. I think I prefer to be a blog reader rather than a blog writer. I started F.I.B in retaliation to a blog (which shall remain nameless) that I thought was godawful and these days I think F.I.B has been going in that direction as well. This blog started as a photography blog and I also wrote more about music and personal stuff. It took a different turn when I learned that they wanted to build condos in my neighborhood of Gowanus and it became more politically active in a local sense. While I am still interested in local political action, I just can't keep it up via the blog anymore. Between the Gowanus and the Atlantic Yards,I think I'm tired. The Gowanus has gotten it's Superfunding (yay!), Bruce Ratner has gotten his stadium(boo!) and life goes on. Now the big issue is Coney Island and I don't think I have the heart to cover that anymore although I will continue to be active in that fight. Besides there are people who do a way better job than I ever could, just check out the list to the right. I have met many cool people through the blog and have connected with my community in a way that probably wouldn't have happened without it. Thanks to all the other blogs for giving me mucho blog love through the years via linkage and all that, I have always appreciated it. Anyway I am babbling..I'm not accepting an Oscar here! When I started this blog I would of never thought it would go for four years, it's been pretty much the only consistent thing in my life-thanks for reading!<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">*This photo is the first photo I ever posted and variations of the same area of the block have been on F.I.B countless times. (Four years later those metal things next the fire hydrant are still bent)</span>Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-62556881126639133492011-02-10T08:36:00.017-05:002011-02-10T09:18:38.216-05:00"Bang A Gong" Paintings by Nancy Drew Opening Saturday in Freddy's "Silver Room"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ufMEoHyJT4-vRuERUA8JB-R5Pki2cGoeQWlb-CugBEb_P4KVoQcspB9ly30aslQZxEj_4WjVizAm3nUUAudJ4jdv4pHmAdGOdEOX-blHqqjLMXVHO1krEYqiQsx_IZL8D9lyvqFxXhbW/s1600/Artichoke.60x48.2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ufMEoHyJT4-vRuERUA8JB-R5Pki2cGoeQWlb-CugBEb_P4KVoQcspB9ly30aslQZxEj_4WjVizAm3nUUAudJ4jdv4pHmAdGOdEOX-blHqqjLMXVHO1krEYqiQsx_IZL8D9lyvqFxXhbW/s400/Artichoke.60x48.2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572055368044644674" /></a><em>Artichoke - 2010 </em> <br /><br />Freddy's Bar is extremely proud to announce the launch of its art space "The Silver Room" with an exhibition of paintings by Brooklyn-based artist Nancy Drew, entitled <strong>"Bang A Gong".</strong> <br /><br />I have to personally add to this official press release that Nancy's glitter fabulous paintings are a beautiful sight to behold in Freddy's new silver backroom. Nancy Drew's medium is GLITTER and FLOCKING. What is flocking, you may ask? Flocking is soft and fuzzy, sort of like velvet but more like the stuff that carnival prizes are made of. Ms. Drew has also has contributed much to the allover design of the new Freddy's, in addition to this exhibit, she has done a glittering "erotic" wallpaper installation in the back vestibule of the bar as well as many other flourishes in different areas allover the bar and backroom. <br /><br />Anyway read on about this show from Freddy's press release. <br /><br /><strong>"A group of paintings from both her "Artists Series" and "Porn Series" will be included in this mini-retrospective. Spanning the last ten years of Nancy Drew's production, each year is represented by a single painting. Painted in her signature materials of flock and glitter, imagery culled from 20th Century Ab-Ex masterpieces and contemporary video porn boxes is feminized and beautified beyond easy recognition, into levels of high camp and cultural relevance. The resulting artistic transpositions can't help but turn the aims of their sources on their ear. Rendered in plush flocking and sparkly glitter, the original meanings have been entirely recast and transformed in Drew's works, with equal doses of humor and reverence. Ms. Drew is a veteran of the NY art scene, as well as a few controversies concerning her highly-regarded 'cover versions' of abstract expressionist masterworks. <br /><br />Drew's artwork has been featured in solo and group exhibitions at many venues both locally and internationally, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Chelsea Museum of Art, Artists Space, Exit Art, Roebling Hall, White Box, NYC; as well as Real Art Ways, Hartford CT; Albright College, Reading, PA; and the Kyrgyzstan National Fine Arts Museum, Kyrgyzstan Republic." </strong><br /><br /><strong>Opening:</strong> Saturday, February 12th, 7 to 9 pm<br />Show will be upFebruary 12th thru March 28th<br /><br /><strong>WHERE:</strong> The Silver Room at Freddy's Bar<br />627 Fifth Avenue (between 17th & 18th Streets)<br />South Slope, BrooklynLisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-80182508195579952512011-02-09T09:38:00.005-05:002011-02-09T09:54:40.946-05:00Fulton Street<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcxtzhqr_mjeFvvo_NJOf3TYaIAiStzqsCggvi0-TgCu0dHJn4rgTat4HnfiKB77OI5-7EOkg1lz08joF8izVtqJTNMWfNwD0c1J0n0YBXf5665bXZmovlYB1RmCbtLoPZt8jRZZMHOS9/s1600/DSCF4756.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcxtzhqr_mjeFvvo_NJOf3TYaIAiStzqsCggvi0-TgCu0dHJn4rgTat4HnfiKB77OI5-7EOkg1lz08joF8izVtqJTNMWfNwD0c1J0n0YBXf5665bXZmovlYB1RmCbtLoPZt8jRZZMHOS9/s400/DSCF4756.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571699606456209906" /></a><br />I have a fondness for close-out stores and wandered into this huge whacked out one on Fulton Street the other day. The ambiance? There were strips of newspaper all over the floor and distorted music played over the stereo. Among this island of misfit toys are hundreds of this Star Wars figurine, whom I have no idea is. I think they were 4 for a dollar. See that macrame looking belt sloped over the back? You can get EIGHT of them for a dollar and just as I was thinking "who would buy this?", I saw a lady snap that bargain up. I also found this new thrift store with an ESCALATOR right next store to Macy's. It's called UNIQUE and everything is sized, organized and cheap. I didn't get any clothes but I did score a Nina Hagen album for 99 cents.Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-18537973634749972842011-02-08T17:48:00.008-05:002011-02-08T21:25:53.504-05:00A Tiny Taste of Freddy's Opening Night<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=1516eaaf07&photo_id=5429520672"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=1516eaaf07&photo_id=5429520672" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br />I think I have just about recuperated from last weekend's opening of Freddy's new home on 5th Avenue. My photos came out blurry and all I have is about 13 seconds of spirited dance floor footage during Les Sans Cullotes's set before someone actually took me DOWN. Yes. And I have the scratches down the entire side of my body to prove it!<br /><br />I also went on Superbowl Sunday and saw a fab all girl punk/metal band called <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Out-Of-Order/177760828513?ref=ts&v=wall">Out of Order</a> from Queens. They played during half time. Wish I thought to recharge my camera that day. The image of them playing with that ridiculous half time show behind them was priceless. Anyway loved them, I'll take them over the Black Eyed Peas any old day. <br /><br />It's mellowed out since Saturday. They open at 11am, ample time to stop by and hang out without the maddening crowd.<br /><br />Check out their list of events at the website and make a point of watching Donald O'Finn's new Freddy's video, it's brilliant. All that <a href="http://freddysbar.com/">here</a>.Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-80537680680445073672011-02-04T12:14:00.011-05:002011-02-04T13:15:33.616-05:00Freddy's Bar Opens Tonite!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1Ky3dSkrjqoWYJ1lYQsqsK00EFsZIjxAWp-ozOWfc7RKe1aAzBpu6VPLtiOdpzKLUbuqW5NUghL0W6YitCV0tXR7CxoVDHeiBszewmfBOqW8yaQUamcybDpAT8qGvQK_ht3cjfVbH7OL/s1600/DSCF4729.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1Ky3dSkrjqoWYJ1lYQsqsK00EFsZIjxAWp-ozOWfc7RKe1aAzBpu6VPLtiOdpzKLUbuqW5NUghL0W6YitCV0tXR7CxoVDHeiBszewmfBOqW8yaQUamcybDpAT8qGvQK_ht3cjfVbH7OL/s400/DSCF4729.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569893089878371074" /></a><em>Since today is F.I.B's birthday I am tooting my own horn and showing a bit of my contribution to Freddy's. This is just a portion of one of the 2 bathroom doors.</em> <br /><br />I don't think there is anyone who loved the old Freddy's that doesn't know this at this point but tonite is the big par-tay. I expect it to be a madhouse but in a good way! The bar actually quietly opened LAST night with <a href="http://www.pinamonti.com/">The John Pinamonti Band </a>being the first performers to play the backroom. I don't think the new location and newish decor will change the heart of Freddy's. All the love and attention put into the bar to make it unlike any other by staff and friends of Freddy's shines through and I believe will bring them great success. Besides isn't it good luck to open on Chinese New Year? I guess Freddy's horoscope sign is the White Rabbit. Makes sense because the place sort of has an "Alice in Wonderland" vibe, you have to go to see what I mean, I am having trouble verbalizing what I mean!<br /><br />Also! <strong>I just realized today is the 4th Anniversary of F.I.B!</strong> I held my first anniversary party at the old Freddy's and Les Sans Cullotes played that too as well as The Susquehanna Tool & Die Co. & the Anabolics! And an "Found in Brooklyn" themed art show on top of it all. Honestly I don't think there was any other place where I could of pulled that off so easily, Freddy's gave me the date and allowed me to run with it. Thanks Donald!<br /><br />See you there!<br />Freddy's Bar: 627 5th Ave,between 17th and 18th Street in the South Slope.<br /><br />Doors open at 5pm. Bands start at 9pm. The Magpie, Brute Force, Les Sans Cullotes.Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-77842670169925807582011-02-02T12:07:00.009-05:002011-02-02T14:16:25.313-05:00Officially Toxic! E.P.A Releases Results of Gowanus Canal Investigation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFn2BiVdWanv_afoKd4y2rK2Ll5AsG1JgxBZaeMbicNCKjZd2iV0rDPk_238RhepYEaE3RG9LFvW5Paval9RSU1118QjJF7sceq8c4HVtVDBAn0O4O83GiPFFSnA4ocMsLHOWgDGxUHIa/s1600/gowanusbird.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFn2BiVdWanv_afoKd4y2rK2Ll5AsG1JgxBZaeMbicNCKjZd2iV0rDPk_238RhepYEaE3RG9LFvW5Paval9RSU1118QjJF7sceq8c4HVtVDBAn0O4O83GiPFFSnA4ocMsLHOWgDGxUHIa/s400/gowanusbird.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569142824826081394" /></a>Much of this was known but now that it is OFFICIAL and in more detail hopefully this will deter organizations such as the <a href="http://waterfrontmuseum.org/dredgers/">Gowanus Dredgers</a> from <em>encouraging</em> people to have contact with the water and land around the canal.<br /><br />From the E.P.A's press release:<br /><strong>"EPA Investigation of Gowanus Canal Identifies Widespread Contamination, Health and Ecological Problems; Hundreds of Samples find PAHs, PCBs, Heavy Metals and Other Toxins.<br /><br /> </strong>(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed its investigation of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, N.Y. The investigation confirmed the widespread presence of numerous contaminants in the canal and identified the sources of contamination. The investigation also identified characteristics of the canal that will influence future plans for a cleanup. A companion human and ecological risk assessment found that exposure to the contaminants in the canal poses threats to people’s health and the environment. <br /><br />“The findings of the investigation of the Gowanus Canal confirmed that contamination of the urban waterway is widespread and may threaten people’s health, particularly if they eat fish or crabs from the canal or have repeated contact with the canal water or sediment,” said EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck. “The next step is the review of options for cleaning up the Gowanus, so we can move ahead with a full-scale cleanup of the canal that will result in a revitalized urban waterway.” <br /><br />EPA’s investigation confirmed the widespread presence of more than a dozen contaminants, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and various metals, including mercury, lead and copper, at high levels in the sediment in the Gowanus Canal. PAHs and metals were also found in the canal water. PAHs are a group of chemicals that are formed during the incomplete burning of coal, oil, gas, wood, garbage, or other organic substances. PCBs were used as coolants and lubricants in transformers, capacitors, and other electrical equipment. PCBs are suspected carcinogens and can have neurological effects. PAHs are also suspected carcinogens. <br /><br />The human health risk assessment of the Gowanus Canal found that people are at risk from exposure to PCBs if they consume fish and crabs caught in the canal. People coming in regular contact with water and sediment from the canal could be at risk from exposure to PAHs. Several contaminants were found in the air directly around the canal, but not at levels that present an unacceptable risk. <br /><br />EPA’s ecological risk assessment revealed that organisms living in the sediment of the Gowanus Canal could be at risk because of contamination in the sediment, primarily PAHs, but also because of PCBs and metals. Ducks may be threatened by exposure to PAHs in the canal’s sediment and heron could be at risk from eating contaminated fish. <br /><br />The results of the investigation, referred to as a remedial investigation, are in a draft report which is available for public review online and at the EPA’s document repository in Brooklyn. Links and locations are provided below. Based on the results of the investigation and the human and ecological risk assessment, EPA will commence work on a study that will outline all of the options for addressing contamination in the Gowanus Canal. This study, called a feasibility study, will take place over the coming months. It is anticipated that a draft feasibility report containing an assessment of all options will be completed by the end of this year. <br /><br />EPA’s investigation also confirmed that a combination of historical and ongoing sources have contaminated the Gowanus Canal. Past industrial activities along the canal contributed a large amount of contaminants that were found in layers of sediment below the surface. A number of industrial facilities are among these sources, including three former manufactured gas plant sites along the Gowanus Canal. Uncontrolled discharges of sewage, storm water and other types of discharges into the Gowanus continue to contaminate the canal. <br /><br />The remedial investigation identified several site-wide issues to be addressed before cleanup activities can proceed. The stability of the bulkheads abutting the canal could be threatened by dredging activities that could be used to remove contaminants. In addition, debris of various sizes is pervasive in the canal, including sunken vessels near the 4th and 6th Street basins. During the investigation, EPA collected and analyzed more than 500 samples of sediment from the Gowanus Canal and more than 80 water samples for the presence of various contaminants. EPA also collected more than 200 fish, including striped bass, eel, white perch and blue crab, to analyze their tissue for contaminants. Air samples were collected at street level and at heights at which people would breathe while boating on the canal.<br /><br />Eighty-eight ground water and soil monitoring wells were installed along the canal to study the ground water influence on the contamination and to obtain data about the possible sources of contamination from the properties abutting the canal. Sixty-five of these wells were installed by EPA; 14 wells were installed by New York City on city-owned properties and nine wells were installed by National Grid on its properties. The city and National Grid, potentially responsible parties at the site, collected and analyzed the water and soil samples collected at their properties under EPA oversight. <br /><br />EPA added the Gowanus Canal to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites in March 2010 after meeting with government and elected officials, business representatives, representatives of civic organizations and community members, and reviewing more than 1,300 comments on its proposal to list the site."<br /><br />To read EPA’s remedial investigation of the Gowanus Canal or for more information on the canal, click <a href="http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/gowanus/">here</a>. Or visit EPA’s document repository at the Carroll Gardens Library at 396 Clinton St. in Brooklyn, New York.<br /><br />There will be a public meeting discussing the EPA's findings on February 23 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at PS 32 at 317 Hoyt Street in Brooklyn, New York.Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-6293425236484677122011-01-30T21:49:00.003-05:002011-01-30T21:59:16.770-05:00More Snow Noir<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP37Gub2g3xgnE1_h_p3huqsqRVoo4krkCQG-a-LonoeEHe-m2dzWNaov2dipJs26AA_vy5ctuj_cAc2A2MUorK6s9hvO6IlGswqnMHfCTLGKHk8RsoVl2ybPgIKuLugHQh0KFYjeWIeII/s1600/DSCF4671.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP37Gub2g3xgnE1_h_p3huqsqRVoo4krkCQG-a-LonoeEHe-m2dzWNaov2dipJs26AA_vy5ctuj_cAc2A2MUorK6s9hvO6IlGswqnMHfCTLGKHk8RsoVl2ybPgIKuLugHQh0KFYjeWIeII/s400/DSCF4671.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568178694522757186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-Ufp2oF3wFZq3PCcSI_37kLalqHi3mkFE_37uY91_-nmOZeCGaYXIWA3rRrHQ_zWSJ5pmOxLRvHXi3PXqTLtG8hMYL2eMqBltUH_eglC6q4ZXmbkv41nbADYJ2rjzoe-OqaC7AovRY14/s1600/DSCF4664.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-Ufp2oF3wFZq3PCcSI_37kLalqHi3mkFE_37uY91_-nmOZeCGaYXIWA3rRrHQ_zWSJ5pmOxLRvHXi3PXqTLtG8hMYL2eMqBltUH_eglC6q4ZXmbkv41nbADYJ2rjzoe-OqaC7AovRY14/s400/DSCF4664.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568177772150967154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3KmIc8nlImEPU4ubxVlshlRTXI-ABvQIg3uhQmGQS7_W2mPRckJscEXRoF7ZjoAfCIaff3QTJlliT7cXsb7EBu4O0KaY2NtQzEtV2hMRWfxv2QVsa8JWcIeDAjBtANhcObaGdMDzxDN0/s1600/DSCF4665.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3KmIc8nlImEPU4ubxVlshlRTXI-ABvQIg3uhQmGQS7_W2mPRckJscEXRoF7ZjoAfCIaff3QTJlliT7cXsb7EBu4O0KaY2NtQzEtV2hMRWfxv2QVsa8JWcIeDAjBtANhcObaGdMDzxDN0/s400/DSCF4665.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568177768003411874" /></a>Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-88682775360624122442011-01-27T22:37:00.006-05:002011-01-27T22:51:38.771-05:00Today on Columbia Street<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd4UYGRPTmUiA8ySghvpko-wRvte5oXKKE_ODpX66LviNegplf8EueQsm-qUzFaeJ6qZW4bYhDFG2Qv95etM9-BaJ7zST9vEd8MroXrY1Brrp-m8ptBM5CS9Z4c01B7AFhrUsScScw3Re/s1600/DSCF4632.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd4UYGRPTmUiA8ySghvpko-wRvte5oXKKE_ODpX66LviNegplf8EueQsm-qUzFaeJ6qZW4bYhDFG2Qv95etM9-BaJ7zST9vEd8MroXrY1Brrp-m8ptBM5CS9Z4c01B7AFhrUsScScw3Re/s400/DSCF4632.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567078023035783058" /></a><br />Groovy VW hippy bus stranded near Freebird Bookstore and nobody *dug* them..bummer.Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-23211099153748301832011-01-24T21:00:00.012-05:002011-01-26T19:44:21.477-05:00RETROFUTUROLOGY @ the Observatory<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jfx-AAsIDF9MO3n9vqtmnhI4uSMSIcT0SNpIHwQT9XpKweQKD1EBhTeQGmGJuLTI849uPJeQEyki6VrPpN5lBrVHHknC9eNWHggWFVTn4FLDKb35kbERHxhHRXVu7wNQJT1UKNrMqYsY/s1600/retrofutur.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jfx-AAsIDF9MO3n9vqtmnhI4uSMSIcT0SNpIHwQT9XpKweQKD1EBhTeQGmGJuLTI849uPJeQEyki6VrPpN5lBrVHHknC9eNWHggWFVTn4FLDKb35kbERHxhHRXVu7wNQJT1UKNrMqYsY/s400/retrofutur.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565937899861668754" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">RETROFUTUROLOGY: <br />How the Past Saw the Present // How the Present Sees the Future</span><br /><br />OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, January 28, 8 PM<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"Observatory is pleased to announce our new exhibition, RETROFUTUROLOGY, a group show of visual art, curated by the Hollow Earth Society (Ethan Gould & Wythe Marschall, Founding Colonels).<br /><br />About the show: To have an imagined future, you must simultaneously have an imagined present and an imagined past…<br /><br />A DeLorean decked out in flashing lights and wires: A modest-budget promise that, yes, the technologies of our age can puncture the time barrier! Where to go? A rowdy 1950s? A steampunk 1890s?<br /><br />Our visions of the future are nested. Our conception of time is hyper-real.<br /><br />This is the process on which the present runs.<br /><br />Come see contemporary art that investigates futures-past, futures-possible, and other nestings."</span><br /><br /><strong>Featuring paintings, sculptures, and other works by many artists, including: Adrian Agredo, Tracey Atkinson, Emi Brady, bunny M, Jon Burgerman, Chiezo, Devon Clapp, Jesse Corinella, Rachel Debuque, Derrick Dent, Matt Duffin, Ethan Gould, Andrea Hendrickson, Richard Herzog, Andy Hunter, Patti Jordan, John Lee, Haydex Li, Benjamin Mayock, Marianne McCarthy, Megan Murtha, George Pfau, Nick Raynolds, Matthew Robinson, Sean Star Wars, Tom Sarmo, Rachel Schragis, Joelle Shallon, Greg Shelnutt, Niko Silvester, Melissa Stern, Lisa Temple-Cox, and Robin Treadwell.</strong><br />In addition to this show Observatory is constantly hosting all sorts of interesting events with emphasis on the what some might think bizarre (you know taxidermy, skull collecting, Aquatic Ape Theories.. stuff like that)many sell out quickly so try and reserve if you can!<br /><br />For instance on Friday, February 4th it's "The Secret History of the Ouija Board": A talk and visual presentation by Mitch Horowitz. <br /><br />Click <a href="http://observatoryroom.org/">here</a> for the schedule.<br /><br />Observatory<br />543 Union Street at Nevins<br />Brooklyn, NY 11215<br />observatoryroom.org<br />observatoryroom [at] gmail.com<br /><br />ON VIEW: Friday, January 28 – Friday, March 5, 2011<br />HOURS: Thursdays & Fridays 3–6 PM, Saturdays & Sundays 12–6 PM<br /><br />If you go, be sure to check out the <a href="http://proteusgowanus.com/main/current-exhibit/current-exhibitparadise">Paradise 2 Show</a> in the Proteus Gowanus space while you are there!Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.com0