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Where Does the Gowanus Cleanup Stand?

By Rene Askew and Christina Asencio
Two years after the EPA designated the Gowanus Canal a Superfund Site, Brooklyn College reporter Rene Askew and producer Christina Asencio take a look at progress on the project and how the residents feel about it.


Lunch At Junior's: Reputation & Reality In Today’s Brooklyn

By Jake Mooney
What does it mean to be "Brooklyn"—and how has that changed as the borough went from not to hot? Chapter one of "Brooklyn: The Borough Behind The Brand" visits a local icon to find some answers.


Finding The Borough Behind The Brand: Brooklyn Today

By Jake Mooney
From Neil Simon to Spike Lee and the Dodgers to Jay-Z, Brooklyn has long enjoyed an international reputation. The new issue of City Limits magazine looks at how that rep matches reality.


Can a Year-Round Coney Island Succeed?

By Neil deMause
After seven years of legal wrangling, hundreds of millions of dollars in city expense, and the eviction of many of Coney Island's historic amusement operators, the island is still seasonal.


Between Two Beaches, Debate Crests Over A Park

By By Alissa Ambrose
Does a verdant spot in surfside Brooklyn need a makeover?


Save the Bay: Jamaica's Disappearing Marshes

By By Matt Schwarzfeld
Scientists and officials are working to protect a tarnished ecological gem before it fades forever.


EXHIBIT MAKES CASE FOR EVERGREEN GOWANUS

By By Jennifer Barrett
A show illustrating the past and present industrial activity along the Gowanus Canal highlights the area's individuality.


Mission-Driven Companies Seek 'Beneficial' Label

By By Georgia Levenson Keohane
Companies that embrace a double- or triple-bottom-line philosophy find they're free to B.


From <i>Polonia</i> To Hotspot: A Less Ethnic Greenpoint

By By Stephen Nessen
The Old Country's influence declines in New York's most Polish neighborhood.


Cultivate the Grassroots: A New Development Model

By Curtis Stephen
Promises of affordable housing are leading to unexpected alliances in Brooklyn.
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