Might the only park idea more improbable than the High Line, the "Sponge Park" along the banks of the stinky Gowanus Canal, actually happen? The Brooklyn Paper reports that the park looks like it's about to snare $300,000 in federal funds, which might be enough to pay for a one-block sample esplanade along the potential Superfund site?and plenty of clothespins for visitors' noses, we're hoping. [BK Paper; previously]
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