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Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Curious Canal

With Joseph Alexiou, the author of the sixth edition of Paris for Dummies and a licensed New York City tour guide.

This illustrated lecture explores how the Gowanus creek—a naturally occurring tidal estuary that served as a conduit for transport and industry during the colonial era—came to play an outsized role in the story of America’s greatest city.











When: Mon., Oct. 19, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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With Joseph Alexiou, the author of the sixth edition of Paris for Dummies and a licensed New York City tour guide.

This illustrated lecture explores how the Gowanus creek—a naturally occurring tidal estuary that served as a conduit for transport and industry during the colonial era—came to play an outsized role in the story of America’s greatest city.

Buy tickets/get more info now