The beginning of the end?

The beloved light blue warehouse on Bond Street gets a fence to be prepared for demolition. I left this morning to this.

And came back to this.

 

Damn I'll miss this building.

 

Gowanus Community Holds Meeting this Wednesday to discuss big Lightstone development on Bond Street.



 

DID YOU KNOW THAT LIGHTSTONE IS ABOUT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A
MASSIVE 12 STORY, 700 UNIT DEVELOPMENT ON BOND ST. BETWEEN
CARROLL AND SECOND?

IS THIS WHAT WE NEED AFTER HURRICANE SANDY?

PLEASE COME TO AN IMPORTANT MEETING:

Hear concerns as to how this development could adversely affect our neighborhood and learn what can be done to address them.

 

When:Wednesday, May 1

Where: Mary Star of the Sea 41 1st Street (between Bond and Hoyt)

Time: 6:45pm

This meeting was put together by concerned local residents, civic groups "Friends of Bond" and "FROGG".

Let the EPA know that you want the Gowanus cleaned. Comments due April 27th!

The EPA is required by the Superfund Law to consider the input of the Public before finalizing their cleanup decision and is accepting comments through April 27^th.

From the Riverkeeper:

"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).

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.
The EPA 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."

 Follow this link to a simple form provided by the Riverkeeper.