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 Joseph Alexiou, author of <a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479892945/gowanus/">Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Curious Canal</a>, on the notoriously polluted creek, and the Conservancy working to restore it.

Joseph Alexiou, author of Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Curious Canal, on the notoriously polluted creek, and the Conservancy working to restore it.

Joseph Alexiou, author of <a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479892945/gowanus/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Curious Canal</a>, on the notoriously polluted creek, and the Conservancy working to restore it.

Season 2, Episode 8: Gowanus Canal Conservancy

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