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Along the Gowanus Canal, dlandstudio’s Sponge Park will soon be ready to soak up polluted water

Rendering of Gowanus Canal Sponge Park (Courtesy dlandstudio)

You won’t be able to drink from it anytime soon, but the fetid, toxic shores of the Gowanus Canal will soon be graced with a new park that filters stormwater as it enters the canal. Designed by Brooklyn’s dlandstudio in partnership with the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, the Gowanus Canal Sponge Parkwill be an 18,000 square foot public…

This video is so grossly visual with information that it warants repeating, especially since no one commented on it last week!   Ew!!

How does this happen?  Can it be cleaned up?  There are many companies who plunge in dressed head to toe in hazmat suits and pump the shit out of backed up basements through tubes into holding tanks…

New York Times endorses The QueensWay

The QueensWay. (Courtesy dlandstudio & WXY)

The QueensWay has had a bumpy rollout. In October, when the Trust for Public Land and the Friends of the QueensWay unveiled their plan to transform an abandoned railway in Queens into something like the High Line, they were immediately faced with skepticism and criticism from around the city. That study came with plenty of eye candy courtesy of splashy…

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