Gowanus

During an interview at his temporary studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Jackson, 36, described his version of In Search Of as "an absolutely honest attempt at making comedy," adding that he and his collaborators "went to an insane measure, to give a feeling that we're not putting one over on you."

Dorothy Spears: Matthew Day Jackson: Artist as Stuntman Dorothy Spears 2010

During an interview at his temporary studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Jackson, 36, described his version of In Search Of as "an absolutely honest attempt at making comedy," adding that he and his collaborators "went to an insane measure, to give a feeling that we're not putting one over on you."

Dorothy Spears: Matthew Day Jackson: Artist as Stuntman Dorothy Spears 2010

During an interview at his temporary studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Jackson, 36, described his version of In Search Of as "an absolutely honest attempt at making comedy," adding that he and his collaborators "went to an insane measure, to give a feeling that we're not putting one over on you."

Dorothy Spears: Matthew Day Jackson: Artist as Stuntman Dorothy Spears 2010

During an interview at his temporary studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Jackson, 36, described his version of In Search Of as "an absolutely honest attempt at making comedy," adding that he and his collaborators "went to an insane measure, to give a feeling that we're not putting one over on you."

Dorothy Spears: Matthew Day Jackson: Artist as Stuntman Dorothy Spears 2010

Gowanus is a part of Brooklyn, of course, not Krypton or Kandor, and Lethem is the new poet of Brooklyn -- the new Whitman, even, whose bold imagination and sheer love of words defy all forms and expectations and place him among this country's foremost novelists.

Boing Boing: September 7, 2003 - September 13, 2003 Archives 2003

I learned that he lived in a place called Gowanus, which I discovered was both a toxic canal and a neighborhood in Brooklyn, and I began my excursions there, first weekly, then monthly, and then as the obsession waned, whenever the occasional impulse struck and I could get away, as with today.

The Birdcage 2009

Owned by mega-developer Shaya Boymelgreen, the building is expected to become a luxury condo complex called Gowanus Village.

Archive 2006-10-01 Ann Althouse 2006

Besides the settlements that had grown up at these two points -- the church and the ferry, which were nearly a mile and a half apart -- a village centre was to be found at Bedford, further up the highway, another in the vicinity of the Wallabout, and still another, called Gowanus, along the branch road skirting the bay.

The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston

Thirteen years ago my husband and myself occupied a small tenement in that part of Brooklyn know as Gowanus, not far from Greenwood Cemetery.

The Cash Boy 1889

Thirteen years ago my husband and myself occupied a small tenement in that part of Brooklyn know as Gowanus, not far from

The Cash Boy Horatio Alger 1865