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Renderings by Loci Architecture and Gowanus By DesignDoes your stomach still drop when passing over the Gowanus neighborhood as you ride the F/G line because you’re still mourning the loss of the Kentile Floors sign [/see-the-kentile-floors-sign-come-down-in-a-time-lapse-video-parkslopestoop/]? Since those 13 letters were removed from Brooklyn’s skyline, the Gowanus
Arts & Culture
Kentile Floors sign model kit by Boundless Brooklyn. (Courtesy of Boundless Brooklyn)Residents from around Brooklyn still look up as they ride the outdoor elevated section of the F/G subway line at the 4th Avenue-9th Street and Smith-9th Streets stops, hoping to catch a glimpse of the iconic sign
Arts & Culture
Stephen Savage. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)My two-year-old son first introduced me to the New York Times best-selling author, illustrator, and Park Slope neighbor Stephen Savage. It started out with The Mixed-Up Truck [http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-62672-153-1], Savage’s most recent book which came out in
Gowanus Alliance
Photo via Gowanus AllianceKentile Floors Sign [/?s=kentile], the iconic sign that could once be seen from the F train near the Smith-9th Street station, might have a new home underneath the subway tracks. The Gowanus Alliance [http://www.gowanusalliance.org/] is hoping to install the dismantled Kentile Floors sign
Gowanus Alliance
Photo by Gowanus Alliance [https://www.facebook.com/Gowanusalliance/photos/a.148853055183085.33698.148398421895215/738777749523943/?type=1] The Gowanus Alliance [http://www.gowanusalliance.org] is throwing a Kristmas party [https://www.facebook.com/Gowanusalliance/photos/a.148853055183085.33698.148398421895215/738320462903005/?type=1&theater] tonight — and yes, it’s all
Kentile Floors Sign
Well, the Kentile Floors sign has been completely removed, and while the Gowanus Alliance figures out what to do with it next [/blog/history/kentile-floors-sign-coming-down-letters-going-to-gowanus-alliance] , Vine user Martin Pavely [https://vine.co/v/M0V27jbzgBM] created a pretty awesome, if a little depressing, time lapse of it coming down. But hey,
Brad Lander
About a week after scaffolding began going up [http://gothamist.com/2014/06/04/kentile_floors_why_god.php] around the iconic Kentile Floors sign, the owner of the building that it sits on has confirmed it is indeed coming down. However, the letters will live on at another location