Chalk up one more piece of New York City’s industrial history gone with the death (murder?) of the Brooklyn Terminal Market in that huge conflagration in Greenpoint yesterday. The Terminal, which was established in 1890, was once Brooklyn’s second-largest industrial employer and home to the world’s largest rope factory. It was a potentially significant site […]

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The Wednesday Brooklyn Photo Moment Originally uploaded by rsguskind. Gowanus Lounge takes a break from the weight of development and raging waterfront infernos by offering this gem: Man With Stuffed Cat on Head Visiting Brooklyn Botanical Garden. GL presents it without further comment since this photo is worth many words–even if we can’t quite come […]

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DSCN0029.JPG Originally uploaded by subtexture. Will the Greenpoint Terminal Market fire be some kind of turning point in the fight to slow the Manhattanization of Brooklyn–especially if the cause of the fire turns out to be arson? Could it be modern-day Brooklyn’s equivalent of the demolition of the old Penn Station? Gowanus Lounge is probably […]

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Originally uploaded by e-liz. Exceptionally talented photographer and Gowanus Photo Pool contributor e-liz has posted a wonderful set of photos of a barbecue and musical event on Sunday at the Empty Vessel Project. The Empty Vessel Project is working to restore an ex-US Navy rescue boat of World War II vintage. It is docked at […]

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It is becoming hard to take a walk in certain parts of Brooklyn and Queens without stumbling very real across evidence of The Invasion of the Toll Brothers, builders of suburban homes for the affluent. Not that we didn’t know it was happening, as previously reported in Curbed, Gothamist, the New York Times and blogged […]

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Thanks to Curbed for ruining Gowanus Lounge’s day by bringing the hideous Red Hook Ikea animation to our attenion. Truth be told, we were already in a dark place because of the Greenpoint Terminal Market conflagration. GL had been planning to write something today about how Red Hook was enjoying national publicity with a widely […]

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Incredible photos have been posted this morning of our favorite spot in Greenpoint, the Greenpoint Terminal Market, being destroyed by a spectacular blaze. The photo to the right is part of the stream posted by finstr. Also an incredible set posted by teinmao. A lot of others pop up under the greenpoint tag. Where are […]

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Future Site of Gowanus Village, From Third Avenue, originally uploaded by rsguskind. Gowanus Village has inched a step closer to reality with the purchase of the Jewish Press Building on Third Avenue by developer Shaya Boymelgreen. The property on which the structure sits would allow the residential project on the banks of Gowanus between Carroll […]

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One of the more soothing events of the now concluded weekend was the PS 132 Kite Flying festival in McCarren Park in Williamsburg. The event comfortably mixed hipsters and longtime residents with families. While Gowanus Lounge did not Go Fly a Kite, he did enjoy the laid back vibe, especially after becoming molto agitato while […]

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The Unisphere, Flushing Meadow ParkOriginally uploaded by rsguskind. Maybe the third time will be the charm. Local promoters of a 2012 or 2015 World’s Fair in New York City say they are putting together a proposal for one in Willets Point, adjacent to Flushing Meadow Park. The park (home of the Unisphere, Queens Museum, Hall […]

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Hearse Outside 184 Kent, originally uploaded by rsguskind. Hard to say exactly what’s going on at 184 Kent, but the hearse parked outside yesterday was too good a photo op to pass up. The landmark Cass Gilbert-designed warehouse in Williamsburg, which was the subject of a nasty little landmarking-delandmarking dust up, is coming back as […]

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Calder Sculpture at City Hall, originally uploaded by rsguskind. Gowanus Lounge can’t seem to turn around without tripping over super-sizing developer Forest City Ratner. This Alexander Calder sculpture is one of several that have been installed around City Hall and in City Hall Park. The sculptures are sponsored by none other than Forest City Ratner. […]

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Gowanus Lounge went to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s 25th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival this weekend and stood shoulder to shoulder with tens of thousands of nature-deprived New Yorkers and manic photogs. GL now knows why this was his first time attending the actual festival. If you are observing a Day Without Immigrants by taking the […]

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