EPA Inspector General Sean W. O’Donnell issued a report this morning outlining how oversight failures by EPA Region 2 and willful obstruction by the City of New York have led to soaring costs and increased health risks in Gowanus.
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Graffiti Gone…The Destruction of Gowanus
Every time I approach the Gowanus Canal, I don’t know what to expect. This time, standing on the Third Street Bridge looking northward, Movers, Not Shakers… the glorious black building with YOU SHOULD MOVE TO BROOKLYN, in 15-foot letters… was gone. Mark Ehrhardt created the display so that you could plainly see it as you rolled your shopping cart out of Whole Foods, after bringing his company from Red Hook to Gowanus, renting the location beside the Third Street bridge from 2014 to 2021.
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