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Pharrell will kick off his residency with a career retrospective event next Monday, moderate by NYU professor and NPR Music head (Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: Pharrell Coming to NYU, Dollar Vans and More

Christopher Swain swims the Gowanus Canal for Earth Day (Photo: the Observer/Aisling Brennan)

Madcap Swimmer Takes on Gowanus Canal, Again

By Lisa Brown
Christopher Swain swims the Gowanus Canal for Earth Day (Photo: the Observer/Aisling Brennan)

Man Who Tried to Swim Gowanus Canal Vows He’ll Do It Again

By Aisling Brennan
Steven Hirsch, Aphrodite

Brooklyn Photographer Captures the Gowanus Canal in All Its Toxic Glory

By Brianna McGurran

Dark & Stormy: The Gowanus Gets Its Very Own Scuba Diver

By Kelly Weill
Joanna Hershon (Joanna Hershon)

Marshmallows or Fish Tacos: Artsy Pair Trades Carroll Gardens Townhouse for Destinations Unknown

By Chris Pomorski
The Gowanus Canal. (Getty)

Yeah, Buoy! Watch the Toxic Avengers Try Not to Get Gonorrhea at This Weekend’s Gowanus Challenge

By Rebecca Hiscott

Photos of the Gowanus Canal Flooding in Brooklyn

By Hunter Walker
Mayor Bloomberg at his press conference this evening.

City Hall on Gowanus Flooding: ‘We’ll Clean It Up Like Everything Else’

By Hunter Walker
Water at the base of the Carroll Street Bridge as seen from the bridge on Union Street.

Photos: One of America’s ‘Most Extensively Contaminated Water Bodies’ Is Flooding

By Hunter Walker
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