Read, Watch, Follow
Gowanus is a neighborhood currently emblematic of many of the challenges facing NYC. Rapid development, changing demographics and gentrification, and an uncertain future given climate change and the urban ecology of the neighborhood.
It also happens to where both Amp Club and Studio Rodrigo are currently located!
Amp Club joined a tour crafted by environmental science and policy PhD student Steve Koller and Gowanus Dredgers to help us better understand our immediate environment. We highly recommend taking that tour!
But if you can’t make it, or just want to get prepared for your tour, we gathered some quick videos and articles we found to help better understand Gowanus.
Watch: History and Ecology
For a quick understanding of the history and ecology of Gowanus, check out these videos:
Read: Current Issues in Gowanus
There’s a lot going on in Gowanus these days, including clean up of the SuperFund sites, the slow but hopefully steady rehabilitation of the urban waterway, an incredible amount of urban redevelopment, and uncertain impacts of climate change.
To dig a little deeper into these issues, check out these articles and websites:
Gowanus Canal Superfund Site Record of Decision
Gowanus Canal Conservancy and SCAPE Studio's Gowanus Lowlands Master Plan
Curbed writeup by Nathan Kensinger on water quality and combined sewer overflow citywide
Follow: Experts in the Community
Follow these experts and community activists who are taking the lead on the many complex issues that impact Gowanus. If you are in the neighborhood, we hope to see you at events that these folks host.