Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Curious Canal is Joseph Alexiou’s ode to one of New York’s filthiest waterways. The history buff’s book details over 300 years of Gowanus history, from marshland to high rise.

The Gowanus Canal has lived many lives. Most recently, the 1.8 mile canal is known for its pollution: it was named a Superfund site in 2010, thanks to the oily sheen on its surface and ...

Christina Kelly and Amy Sohn, “Porthole” (2016), concrete cast of a porthole that was originally from a Navy rescue boat that was transformed temporarily into an art and sustainability boat on the ...

Buildings on the banks of the filthy Gowanus Canal are pieces of history worth saving, neighborhood activists say. A community group wants to create an official Gowanus historic district that would ...

The Gowanus Canal is a mysterious and oft-misunderstood waterway. Its waters are heavily polluted and its bed covered in a thick coating of old industrial sludge called “black mayonnaise.” In ...

Vincent Coppola lovingly recounts his youth in a neighborhood where violent conflict was the norm and the local waterway was ...

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Gowanus Transformations: Celebrating 150 Years of Manufacturing, at the Brooklyn Historical Society; 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn; Wednesday through Sunday, 12 – 5 p.m.; Through August 24. Last ...