The Gowanus Canal, situated next to Red Hook in Brooklyn,NY, is an inlet from the Upper New York Bay. The name Gowanus also applies to the surrounding neighborhood, which has an industrial past. While the area is in the process of becoming more residential, it did retain, until a few years ago, vestiges of its industrial past. The canal has become less polluted because it has been dredged to remove toxins (locally referred to as black mayonnaise). Once ubiquitous, street art on old, single story industrial buildings is disappearing because new, large apartment buildings are being built to help address the housing shortage in New York City.
More recent images are added after the wall art below.
Severed arms from mannequin. Dead end street, next to Gowanus canal.
Welcoming Gowanus graffiti. This building no longer exists.
Neighborly warning by the dumpster.
Silhouettes on the side of a tourist bus in for repair.
Low tide at the Gowanus Canal reveals shopping carts among other things, which have now been removed.
“Bucolic” view of the Gowanus canal
Cement processing plant with gravel in the foreground, adjacent to the Gowanus Canal..
Damaged window (attempted break-in?) of an abandoned ticket booth..
Street art on on the same street as the abandoned lot overgrown with weeds, above.
