The United States Army Corp of Engineers is expected to receive $134,000 from the House of Representatives for the ongoing Gowanus Canal and Bay Ecosystems Restoration Feasibility Study. The results of the study will aid cleanup efforts for the 1.5-mile canal.

Despite David Von Spreckelsen's interest in developing on the Gowanus Canal since 2001, he has vowed to develop elsewhere if the site receives a Superfund designation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The distinction would require polluters to pay for the canal's clean up.

As a result of more than 800 public responses, the Environmental Protection Agency was unable to make a decision on whether the Gowanus Canal will be designated as a Superfund. The decision was expected to be made by September 16th. Clean up for the canal is currently estimated to be about $400 million. The Superfund distinction would require polluters to pay for clean up costs.

The city chose Hudson Companies to develop 774 apartments and a park on Public Place, a six-acre contaminated site along the Gowanus Canal. Of the 774 apartments, 541 would be below market-rate, and the canal side of the public park would join a waterfront esplanade. If clothing magnate Henry Abadi, who owns land directly south of the site joins in, the project could grow by 500 apartments.

Henry Abadi, who owns a warehouse adjacent to the Public Place site, is interested in his land being incorporated into the plans for new development along the Gowanus Canal. The Hudson Companies were chosen last week to redevelop the Public Place site which is currently owned by the city. Abadi would remain the land owner but is considering building below market rate housing and amenities for the...

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced that the Hudson Companies has won the bid to develop the Public Place site along the Gowanus Canal. The winning bid includes 774 housing units, of which 615 will be below market rate. Bluestone Organization, the 5th Avenue Committee, and the Jonathan Rose Companies are also part of the team that won the bid.

Cleanup efforts are underway on the Gowanus Canal at the site of Public Place. As part of the cleanup effort, Keyspan, who owns the company responsible for the pollution, will remove almost eight feet of soil that is contaminated and will put in place a barrier to block tar from seeping into the river from under the site. The city presentation the clean up efforts to Community Board 6 this week,...

As construction workers began clearing debris and cement from the contaminated Public Place site along the Gowanus Canal, some residents and local officials expressed concern that dust and other contaminants were blowing off the site causing both a health and a safety risk for local residents. Councilmember Bill de Blasio wrote a letter to the Housing and Preservation Commissioner Shaun Donovan addressing...

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) presented two plans for the Public Place site along the Gowanus to the Executive Committee of Community Board 6 on Monday night. Developers of the plans were not revealed in hopes that the concepts would be judged based on their merit alone. Both plans were very similar, with one offering more open space, but higher buildings than the...

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) unveiled the proposals from the two finalists to develop the Public Place site along the Gowanus Canal. Both properties include over 700 housing units and the buildings in both plans stand six to twelve stories high. The Hudson Companies plan includes 774 housing units (380 rental, 394 condo, 120 for senior citizens), 98,300 square feet...