Greg Nolan
enthusiast
Last Sunday, Deborah and I took a tour down the Hudson River, then along the heavily industrialized shore of Brooklyn from Owls Head (near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge) up to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, then back to the tour boat pier on the west side of Manhattan.
The pictures below show the point where the Gowanus Canal (once, centuries ago, the Gowanus Creek), empties into the small Gowanus Bay, that then opens into the Brooklyn side of Upper New York Harbor at the Erie Basin and Red Hook.
The Gowanus Canal, until very recently, was probably the most polluted body of water in this country. Several attempts, often very expensive and involving major construction, were made from the late 19th Century through the 20th Century were made to keep the Canal clean, but most were dismal failures from the outset, and the few that worked at all failed in short order. An excellent Wikipedia article gives the history of the Creek and Canal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowanus_Canal
But beginning about 20 years ago, efforts by community groups and local politicians have been undertaken to clean the water up, and in the last few years, the Canal is noticeably cleaner, with some fish and crabs returning.
Officially, the water is unsafe for drinking or swimming, and any contact with the water is discouraged. However, the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club, located along the Canal, encourages canoeing on the canal, in part to incentivize the ongoing revitalization of the area.
I presume that this red canoe is one of club’s:
The pictures below show the point where the Gowanus Canal (once, centuries ago, the Gowanus Creek), empties into the small Gowanus Bay, that then opens into the Brooklyn side of Upper New York Harbor at the Erie Basin and Red Hook.
The Gowanus Canal, until very recently, was probably the most polluted body of water in this country. Several attempts, often very expensive and involving major construction, were made from the late 19th Century through the 20th Century were made to keep the Canal clean, but most were dismal failures from the outset, and the few that worked at all failed in short order. An excellent Wikipedia article gives the history of the Creek and Canal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowanus_Canal
But beginning about 20 years ago, efforts by community groups and local politicians have been undertaken to clean the water up, and in the last few years, the Canal is noticeably cleaner, with some fish and crabs returning.
Officially, the water is unsafe for drinking or swimming, and any contact with the water is discouraged. However, the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club, located along the Canal, encourages canoeing on the canal, in part to incentivize the ongoing revitalization of the area.
I presume that this red canoe is one of club’s:
