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Dozens Protest Planned Development Along Gowanus Canal
NY1News
Dozens of Brooklyn residents protested a planned development along the Gowanus Canal Thursday, concerned over its environmental impact. NY1's Michael Herzenberg filed the following report.
Decades of pollution left the Gowanus Canal toxic. The federal government designated it a superfund cleanup site.
Developer Lightstone Group believes its planned 700 unit residential buildings are environmentally friendly, and that some of the associated construction will actually help clean the water.
More than a dozen residents, though gathered on the bridge over the canal Thursday expressing their concern to mayoral candidate William Thompson.
Read more at http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/186923/dozens-protest-planned-development-along-gowanus-canal
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