ghost streams of the gowanus urban arts project draft, 2011

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Denton’s(Yellow) Mill Pond

Denton’s(Yellow) Mill Pond

Freeke’s Mill PondFreeke’s Mill Pond

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Bringing back the Ghost Streams of the GowanusA project to mark the historical edges of Gowanus creek by using rain water permeable paving stones at new street end sponge parks and rain gardens. On blocks further upland the creek’s course would be marked by double rows of granite pavers, acting as tra�c calming devices and memory markers.

GCCBioswale(built)

GCCBioswale(built)

Gowanus DredgersWater Dock(built)

Gowanus DredgersWater Dock(built)

GCC 1st StBioswale(proposed)

GCC 1st StBioswale(proposed)

Whole FoodsPark(proposed)

Whole FoodsPark(proposed)

Degraw Green Street(built)

Degraw Green Street(built)

GCC Degraw Bioswale(proposed)

GCC Degraw Bioswale(proposed)

Gowanus GreenPark(proposed)

Gowanus GreenPark(proposed)

GCCDCWater Center(proposed)

GCCDCWater Center(proposed)

Gowanus Creek, as shown on the 1766 Ratzer Map Gowanus or Old Porte RoadGowanus Tidal Marsh

base: 2004 Aerialoverlay byeymund@gmail.comFebruary 2011

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Bringing back the Ghost Streams of the GowanusA project to mark the historical edges of Gowanus creek by using rain water permeable paving stones at new street end sponge parks and rain gardens. On blocks further upland the creek’s course would be marked by double rows of granite pavers, acting as tra�c calming devices and memory markers.

GCCBioswale(built)

GCCBioswale(built)

Gowanus DredgersWater Dock(built)

Gowanus DredgersWater Dock(built)

GCC 1st StBioswale(proposed)

GCC 1st StBioswale(proposed)

Whole FoodsPark(proposed)

Whole FoodsPark(proposed)

Degraw Green Street(built)

Degraw Green Street(built)

GCC Degraw Bioswale(proposed)

GCC Degraw Bioswale(proposed)

Gowanus GreenPark(proposed)

Gowanus GreenPark(proposed)

GCCDCWater Center(proposed)

GCCDCWater Center(proposed)

PondColes MillPond

Denton’s(Yellow) Mill Pond

Denton’s(Yellow) Mill Pond

Freeke’s Mill PondFreeke’s Mill Pond

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4th StreetBasin4th StreetBasin

7th StreetBasin7th StreetBasin

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Gowanus Creek, as shown on the 1766 Ratzer Map Proposed Porous Cobble Areas or Cobble Outlined Ghost Markers

picture: Ghost Stream at Gowanus Canal & 9th Street, 12 October 2010, base: 2004 Aerial, overlay by eymund@gmail.com, February 2011