Bloomberg Tech Start-up Map
New York City looks like the 0′s & 1′s theme from the Matrix with all the crazy technology start-ups!
Brooklyn Studio Tour – Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus
Take a scroll to see some of the best art on planet earth this upcoming weekend with Brooklyn Studio Tours.
Push & Pull of changing culture – Gentrification’s Casualties
Brooklyn Ink covers the take over of some parts of Brooklyn by gentrification.
The Ghostbusters Tour of New York
…afraid of no ghost… It’s a walking tour of the scene from one of the best movies of all time, Ghostbusters.
Cloak Camera Bag
So you can’t be as badass as Frodo with a ring that makes you invisible, nor can you be as cool as the nerd wizard Harry Potter with an invisible cloak. But you can at least kinda cloak your really expensive camera when shooting in a sketchy place…
Rooftop Films Announces Summer Schedule
Rooftop Films has announce the what, when, where of it’s yearly summer scening series. This season they will screen 23 features and 183 short films.
Eco-Expo & Mixer
Film Biz Recycling is having one of those ‘industry’ type events with a green twist. On May 19th, Film Biz will be holding it’s first Eco-Expo Mix and Mingle for those who are on the production side of the entertainment industry.
Local Politicians React to the Presidents Endorsement of Gay Marriage
Twitter lights up like a firecracker as local and national politicians react to President Obama endorsing same-sex marriage.
Made In Brooklyn: Episode 3 – The Jewelry Maker
Made in Brooklyn presents The Jewelry Maker, which takes a look at the work Susan Domelsmith who owns Dirty Librarian Chains.
How Oil Prices Affect the Economy: Calling for a Third Industrial Revolution
Why does the price of oil go up with economic growth?
269 Douglas St Artist Win
As a renter your always at the mercy of your landlord. Sometimes you have a fair landlord and other times…well, we all have our stories. For artist at 269 Douglas St. it was an unfair landlord…
Ennis Park and street tree stewardship & Block Party
Gowanus Alliance and Gowanus Canal Conservancy come together for a Spring Festival.
‘Toni on New York’ Explores South Brooklyn
TV’s Toni hits South Brooklyn exploring Red Hook, Park Slope, and Gowanus. While Meagan dishes out interesting facts about the Old America Can Factory.
Glory of Brooklyn Bridge in 1 Minute
Silver Halide takes 2000 still images and animates them into beautiful sequences, which highlight the greatest bridge ever, the Brooklyn Bridge:
Inside the Red Hook Grain Terminal
DoobyBrain goes inside the Red Hook Grain Terminal and photographs the it’s decaying insides. Check it out here.
New Yorker: Littleneck…Clams!
The New Yorker brings it’s monocle and it’s appetite to the banks of Gowanus with a visit to Littleneck.
Citylimits: Where Does the Gowanus Cleanup Stand?
Brooklyn College reporter Rene Askew and producer Christina Asencio talk to locals about the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal and give an update on the EPAs timeline.
BIG!NYC highlighted on The Resident
The Resident checks out BIG!NYC and talks with Karen Overton store manager of the Gowanus BIG!NYC.
Gowanus Shuffle(board)
Gothamist breaks the news that Gowanus is getting a 17,000-square-foot shuffleboard facility
GAG adopt a resolution: ‘Canal is a Poo Free Zone’
Last week the DEP gave a Gowanus Canal presentation to Community Board Six (CB6). The presentation was a bit…dry (boring!). Amongst all the numbers and historic information was a clear declaration from the DEP, which said: the Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) that run into the Gowanus Canal are not really a danger to public health (paraphrased). The DEP cited numbers from the EPAs report on the Canal that…
GSS Printmaking Residency Program
Gowanus Studio Space Printmaking Residency Program is now accepting applications
Another Bar On 3rd Ave… I love “Lucey’s’
Sneaking into Gowanus sometime in March, Lucey’s Lounge is joining the list of cocktail joints in Gowanus.
Images of Gowanus’s banks by Mikael Levin
Local photographer captures the banks of the Gowanus Canal.
Video: The Street Vendors of New York
It cost lots to just sell food on the streets of the Big Apple
Gowanus Gets Fresh Food From Ithica Farmers = Yum!
In a world where getting something fresh can be super hard to come by, farmers from upstate provide healthy food for people next to a toxic Canal.
Video: Gowanus by Paul Lemarquis
In what is definitely a video close to our hearts, director Paul Lemarquis shows off the one, the only, gloriously beautiful neighborhood of Gowanus, Brooklyn. To the beats of Adriano Clemente’s music the short film darts in and out of the streets of the industrial area and along the infamous Gowanus Canal. In some ways the video transforms Gowanus into a wildlife reserve making buildings feel like tall trees and the industrial vehicle fluidly move like animals against a clear blue sky. Check it out:
