Saturday, December 5, 2015

AMERICAN CAN BUILDING, Gowanus

Forgotten New York -

The intersection of 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street in Gowanus on the edge of Park Slope is an unlikely architecture mecca. The former home of the Brooklyn Improvement Company, founded by engineer Edwin Litchfield for the express purpose of dredging the Gowanus Creek, then a fresh stream, and making it vessel-worthy, is still standing at [...]

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