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The Gowanus Canal just got named a Superfund site. So I guess it will get cleaned up. But not restored to marsh. The Lowes parking lot is here to stay and the bulkheads. But the Times issued a call for photos and paintings of the Gowanus. And there is some beautiful stuff. HERE is the link
The Harlem River was the Harlem Creek until the ship canal cut through the monolith at Baker's Field, making a deep water channel to the Spuyten Duyvil Creek and the North (Hudson) River. The marshes of upper Manhattan and Marble Hill are gone. What remains is a nautical industrial corridor which exposes the infrastructure of the City.
The river was in fine form today, as seen aboard the Alice, in search of blues and stripers at Hell Gate where the Sound River meets the Harlem Creek.
For the complete slide show click HERE. (click on thumbnails to enlarge)
