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The abandoned DSNY Marine Transfer Station, and the Marina, viewed from Coney Island Creek Park.
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“The Environmental Impact Study (EIS)? It’s a joke!”–Bryan Thomas, Gravesend Marina
“Garbage is garbage…and everyone hates it.” –Steve [...]

Garbage Shed- Up Close And Personal: The Abandoned Marine Transfer Station at Gravesend Bay

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The Hungry March Band gave a fanfare for the season’s kickoff of landmark amusments like the Wonder Wheel, that still struggle on at the Coney Island, despite developers moving in to destroy this classic resort.
For more info on how to help, go to the Coney Island USA web site.

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The Veteran’s Memorial Park lawn, fenced off last Summer
Date: Febuary 28, 2007
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“His office (NYC Parks Commissioner, Adrian Benepe) is really a shrine to fake grass”-Bill Crane, Sierra [...]

Dear Fellow Brooklynites (and fans of Brooklyn,)
Garbage is not a glamorous topic– but sometimes, the time comes to deal with it. For one Brooklyn neighborhood, the time is now– before their parks and waterways are made toxic by tons of waste.
www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-southwest-brooklyn-garbage-transfer-station.html

Please take a few minutes to add your name to this petition at this [...]

Carl Lawrence Photo by Rebecca Migdal
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“WE’RE looking forward to development”
-Sean Davis, owner of The Water Street Pub
GREENVISION continues its series on the gentrification of the Brooklyn waterfront (today, November 1, [...]

Carl’s daughter Lucy, 16, poses with the refurbished Gnome Chomsky, the world’s largest garden gnome, at Gnome On the Grange Mini-Golf in Kerhonkson, New York. (photo by Rebecca Migdal)
Stay tuned for the story of our trip to the Kelder Farm Pie Festival and the world’s only edible mini-golf course!

Bloated drops of rain slashed horizontally through the murky afternoon light. Carl’s son Kevin, 14, clutching what looked like a giant beach umbrella, was well ahead of us on New Rochelle’s Main Street, pantomiming a ship in full sail as he raced along at ten knots. Kevin barrelled blindly past a hatless man who flinched [...]

Well, though we failed to locate the world’s largest garden gnome (see below) at Hudson River Park on Sunday, in our travels we happened upon a Tom Otterness sculpture garden. It’s actually a small playground (Rockefeller Park) in Battery Park City, just overlooking what used to be Pier 25. Yippee Skippy!

The installation is called [...]

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GREENVISION presents today and next week, “Leaves of Crass”, the story of FAKE GRASS carpeting [...]