eco-gowanus: urban remediation by design, 2007
DESCRIPTION
Eco-Gowanus: Urban Remediation by Design, 2007 Richard Plunz & Patricia Culligan editors, with work by 2003 & 2004 Columbia University students was a comprehensive Architecture and Engineering study of the Gowanus Canal area, looking at both its history and potential solutions . It reviews historical Sanborn Maps of the Gowanus Canal from 1893 to 1942, and assigns industrial pollutant profiles to historic land uses. The mapped potential contamination dispersion plumes are speculative, and should be viewed in conjunction with the EPAs 2011 Gowanus Canal Remediation Investigation. The book is available for sale at Proteus Gowanus.TRANSCRIPT
Eco-Gowanus: Urban Remediation by Design
A 2007 Study of historical industrial uses around the Gowanus Canal
edited by Richard Plunz & Patricia Culligan, Columbia University Urban Design Program with contributions by Manolo F. Ufer, Dimitrios Vlachopoulos, Angela Soong, Sarah Walker, and Architecture and Engineering Students from the 2003 & 2004 Gowanus Fall Studio.
Printed version of this book are available for sale at:
Proteus Gowanus543 Union StreetBrooklyn, NY, 11215tel. 1 718 243 1572http://proteusgowanus.org
and at
Book Court163 Court StreetBrooklyn, NY 11201tel. 1 718 875 3677http://www.bookcourt.org/
