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Super Fight Over Gowanus Superfund! Bloomberg Sides With Developer; Whole Foods Bows Out
Super Fight Over Gowanus Superfund! Bloomberg Sides With Developer; Whole Foods Bows Out
  Overlooking the Gowanus Canal from 9th Street On a recent sunny afternoon, a young woman stood on the 9th Street bridge that passes over the Gowanus Canal near Smith Street, sketchpad and pencil in hand, studying the body of water before her. “I like trying to find beauty ...
Breaking news! ‘Whole’ lot of nothing as food megastore abandons Gowanus site
Breaking news! ‘Whole’ lot of nothing as food megastore abandons Gowanus site
brooklynpaper.com — Whole Foods has shelved its plans to open its first Brooklyn branch on Third Avenue near the Gowanus Canal, The Brooklyn Paper has learned. The grocery chain, known for its high-end food and prices to match, said on Wednesday that it does still hope ... (more) Breaking news! ‘Whole’ lot of nothing as ...
City Proposes New Plan to Avoid Superfund Listing for Gowanus Canal
City Proposes New Plan to Avoid Superfund Listing for Gowanus Canal
nytimes.com — The canal is contaminated with pollutants that include pesticides and metals, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. (more) City Proposes New Plan to Avoid Superfund Listing for ...
The battle for the Gowanus Canal: Fight over Superfunding grows
The battle for the Gowanus Canal: Fight over Superfunding grows
nydailynews.com — It's the battle for the Gowanus Canal. The controversy surrounding the polluted waterway has inspired great passions on both sides in Carroll Gardens, complete with posters, buttons, flyers, marathon meetings and YouTube videos. (more) The battle for the Gowanus Canal: Fight over ...
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No Whole Foods For Gowanus
Gothamist — ... for its first location in Brooklyn, in Gowanus on Third Street. Now, the high-end supermarket chain is abandoning those plans. Brooklyn the Borough reports that a Whole Foods spokesperson said, “At this juncture we do not have immediate plans to open a new store in Brooklyn but do hope to be there someday soon." The ...

Whole Foods Gives Up On Gowanus, and More Brooklyn Briefs
mcbrooklyn — - Remember mail? The U.S. Postal Service has placed the Ovington Postal Station at 6803 Fourth Ave. on its possible closure list, and postal outlets all over Brooklyn could be on the block. Brooklyn Eagle - That was easy: After a two and a half-year battle, a Sheepshead Bay man won a court ruling throwing out a $115 parking ticket. He spent $650 on court costs. NY Daily News - Whole Foods finally gives up on Gowanus. Brooklyn the Borough via Brooklyn Paper - Dozens of turtles -- 78, ...

Whole Foods Bowing Out of Gowanus, Blog Reports
Serious Eats: New York — ... Per the blog Brooklyn the Borough: "At least one investor in the area, however, has bowed out. Whole Foods, who had planned to open a 68,000-square-foot store at Third Avenue and 3rd Street, tells Brooklyn the Borough, 'at this juncture we do not have immediate plans to open a new store in Brooklyn but do hope to be there someday soon.'" ...

As Predicted, Whole Foods Bailing on Gowanus Site
Brownstoner — ... saying that we had it on pretty good authority that Whole Foods was never going to happen in Gowanus. Yesterday, the blog Brooklyn the Borough reported—and the Brooklyn Paper later ...

Whole Foods "Actively Working" to Open Gowanus Store
Brownstoner — ... More on the never-ending saga about whether or not Whole Foods is committed to building a store on its contaminated site on 3rd Street in the Gowanus...To recap: Eight days ago, the blog Brooklyn the Borough quoted a company spokesperson as saying, “at this juncture we do not have immediate plans to open a new store in Brooklyn but do hope to be there someday soon.” The Brooklyn Paper ...

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Last Day To Comment On Gowanus Canal Superfund Listing
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com 7/8/2009 — Seen On Smith Street Just a reminder, dear Reader. Today is the last day to submit your testimony to the EPA regarding the listing of the Gowanus Canal as as Superfund site. If you have not done so yet, I urge you to do so. Carroll Gardener JL did. Below is his testimony.  ...