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GowanusLatest Stories

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New Borough, New Van Alen

The Van Alen Institute’s move to Brooklyn is just one part of the organization’s “mission shift” toward justice

Free Rein

Sarah Jacoby Architect renovates a townhouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn, for “an imaginary client”

image of a renovated industrial building with a canal in the foreground
Nearly Perfect

After years of work, Herzog & de Meuron’s Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn is now finished

view looking over the polluted gowanus canal, subject to rezoning
Gowanus Green LIght

Contentious rezoning along Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal passes the NYC City Council

Swartz Hall, a collegiate gothic building with a new 2 story glass addition
Divine Inspiration

Daily digest: Harvard Divinity School’s Swartz Hall expands, an interim GSAPP dean is named, and more

the 1884 vincent van gogh painting The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring
Furtive Business

Daily digest: Larry Page’s mansion fire revealed a secret office, a pandemic art heist solved, and more

Rendering of the proposed gowanus rezoning along the canal
Superfund Super-Development

Borough President Eric Adams expresses support for massive Gowanus rezoning, with caveats

A single story black brick building on a street in Brooklyn, soon to be home to Van Alen Institute
Moving Downton

Van Alen Institute will move to Gowanus in Spring 2020

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Sludgie the Whale

New draft plan for Gowanus rezoning emphasizes resiliency, housing, and waterfront access

Explore this interactive map of the Gowanus Canal’s slightly scary microbiology

Semi-Permanent Ink: Artist Charlotte Mann collaborates with Wolf Gordon on art installation in Brooklyn

New York City to install 90 curbside bioswales to help clean Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal

Gowanus developers shoot down ziggurat-themed proposal from ODA

Snøhetta completes warehouse-to-gallery conversion in Gowanus, Brooklyn

Archtober Building of the Day #21> Runner & Stone Restaurant

Brooklyn’s Kentile Floors Sign to Be Disassembled And Relocated

Kentile Floors Sign in Gowanus Brooklyn is (Likely) Doomed

Letter to the Editor> Health Food and Historic Preservation

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