Announcements
Gowanus Canal, Photo by Nathan HaselbyNYC Council Member Brad Lander sent out a message today asking neighbors to get involved with Plan Gowanus [https://plangowanus.com/PlanGowanus], the digital community engagement platform where users can find information about and provide feedback to the Gowanus Neighborhood Planning Study [/gowanus-neighborhood-planning-study-collaboration-community/]. The mission
Education
Photo by Timothy Caldwell [https://www.flickr.com/photos/shitebot/3316691870/] This is the second in a series of articles by Park Slope Stoop documenting the Bridging Gowanus open houses which are taking place in August and September 2016. Read our previous series article here [/blog/development/getting-gowanus-right-bridging-gowanus-kicks-off-series-of-public-conversations/] . On Friday,
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe next phase in the Bridging Gowanus [http://bridginggowanus.org/] community planning process kicked off on Tuesday, August 9 at The Bell House [http://www.thebellhouseny.com/], providing the public an opportunity to share input on the future of the Gowanus neighborhood. Residents, volunteers,
North Western Brooklyn
Back in 2003 — well before I was elected to the City Council, before I directed the Pratt Center, when I led the Fifth Avenue Committee — the Bloomberg Administration proposed to upzone Fourth Avenue in Park Slope. We had a simple idea: mandate that developers include some affordable units for low-
Bridging Gowanus
Proposed future site of Gowanus Pre-K Center on 9th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6712145,-73.9905412,3a,75y,46.29h,89.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss7JGBOvzfxRmqcJDW66TjA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )On November 3, Council Member Brad
Bridging Gowanus
A public art initiative that’s part of the Bridging Gowanus [http://archive.bridginggowanus.org/] project just launched a call for proposals [http://artsgowanus.org/2015-public-art-call-proposals] for work that will show what makes the neighborhood so unique. Presented by Arts Gowanus [http://artsgowanus.org] and the Old Stone House and
Bridging Gowanus
Want to be a part of a community-driven planning process to figure out what the future might hold for Gowanus? Check out Bridging Gowanus [http://bridginggowanus.org/], which is holding its second community planning meeting [http://bridginggowanus.org/second-meeting/] on Thursday, March 20 from 6-9pm in the Wyckoff Gardens Community
Bridging Gowanus
If you’ve got ideas for a growing neighborhood, an urge to sing, or a love of science and technology, there are some interesting events coming up this week in Park Slope: Bridging Gowanus [/blog/neighbors/share-what-youd-like-to-see-in-gowanus-in-upcoming-community-planning-process] When: Monday, December 9, 6:30pm Where: PS 372, The Children’s School