“Hello” we called on the new Gowanus. Our voices echoed back.
This was not the Gowanus Canal of the last thirty years. It also was almost unrecognizable. Bulkheads stretched high above our heads. And then the final blow: It was Glen Canyon before the dam with high rise buildings soaring toward the sky, creating a new canyon within the heart of Brooklyn. The echoes will be fleeting. It’s just the lack of people filling the buildings and environs. I couldn’t even here the sounds of the city on the water. It was eerie.
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