FROGG has been selected as a Citizens Committee for New York City 2012 grantee
Friends and Residents of the Greater Gowanus(FROGG) has been selected as a Citizens Committee for New York City 2012 grantee. The award in the amount of $350 is to help implement our project:Follow Up...
View ArticleNational Register Nomination moving forward . . .
Dear Friend and Neighbor, FROGG is working to place the Gowanus Canal Corridor on the National Register of Historic Places as an Urban Industrial District, and is currently seeking funds to accomplish...
View ArticleGowanus featured on Creative Industrial
An informative article about the history of the Gowanus corridor can now be read on the website Creative Industrial.
View ArticleFROGG Responds to the Delay in Gowanus Historic District Designation
The NYS Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) meeting scheduled for this week has been miss-characterized in this posting. The State was not going to "take a look at FROGG's Application", the State has...
View ArticleFROGG Comments to NYS DEC on Brownfield Law Changes
FROGG submitted the following statement to the NYS DEC Aug 2015 during the open comment period on amendments to the NYS Brownfield Law FROGG is a non profit community based group which has actively...
View ArticleGowanus Brooklyn’s Curious Canal
by Joseph Alexiou Published by New York University Press October 2015 From mill ponds to SuperfundME, a story spanning a few centuries, telling of what happened in Gowanus as one species (and we don’t...
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DRANK WATER FROM THE GOWANUS CANAL? THE STORY OF HOW ONE OF THE MOST POLLUTED WATERWAYS IN AMERICA CAME TO BE LOCATED IN ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST EXPENSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS....
View ArticleFROGG and HDC host walking Gowanus tour Sat April 2, 2016
Saturday, April 2, 10 AM Gowanus: Community Planning in a Changing Context Walk the landscape and the bridges of...
View ArticleGowanus featured on Creative Industrial
An informative article about the history of the Gowanus corridor can now be read on the website Creative Industrial.
View ArticleStuff they fished from the Gowanus this week:
Barge loaded with debris dug from the Gowanus 4th St Basin 10-2016.
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