Well, it looks as if another group of people have fallen prey to the anti-development nonsense.
Hello, if there’s any area in Brooklyn that badly needs development it’s the Gowanus. How can anybody be against turning the Gowanus into Brooklyn’s version of the San Antonio River Walk?
The Gowanus used to be a cesspool. You had to close your windows while driving over it the stench was so bad. And now, only a few years after the clean-up began, you can see the potential. Can you think of anything more beautiful than brownstone streets with restaurants and shops lining the Gowanus? How can anybody who loves NYC be against that?
Well some can. Once again the primary fear is that poor and working class families will be pushed out. Again, the solution is more housing not less; more upper-middle class housing not less.
"They call it gentrification, I call it genocide," she said. "They're killing neighborhoods."
This fear is not irrational, but blaming new construction is.
From Open Sewer to Gentrification [NY Times]
For some history on the gowanus check out gowanuscanal.org
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