tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post3538097243062208436..comments2024-03-28T13:46:38.346-04:00Comments on Pardon Me For Asking: Nor'Easter Brings More Flooding To Gowanus (And Lightstone Group Development)Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882047670852126739noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-13582081123379087662014-12-10T11:21:22.422-05:002014-12-10T11:21:22.422-05:00Wonder why the city didn't require that the dr...Wonder why the city didn't require that the drainage system be built before the buildings? You would think that would be first.<br /><br />Was wondering if the proposed drainage system would be effective during high tide. Might the outlet they plan to make to dump water into the canal be blocked by the high tide?<br /><br />Does anyone have any confidence that this project, even with a drainage system built, will not make for more flooding problems all around?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-41317195462081657122014-12-10T09:39:46.576-05:002014-12-10T09:39:46.576-05:00remarkably judging from the pics the canal itself ...remarkably judging from the pics the canal itself doesn't look that bad considering the amount of rain.. However, this lighstone project should have finished with a retaining wall and site drainage improvements before putting up buildings whether we want it there or not..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-57189853824534395422014-12-10T07:06:52.541-05:002014-12-10T07:06:52.541-05:00Hopefully the lightstone project will be destroyed...Hopefully the lightstone project will be destroyed. <br />Anyway. Are those solar panels on the Whole Foods parking lot canopies? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-15797268000435846862014-12-09T18:13:15.307-05:002014-12-09T18:13:15.307-05:00DIdn't see any flooding on 3rd or on Bond toni...DIdn't see any flooding on 3rd or on Bond tonight. Also, the sky didn't fall. Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00526213194504291921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-52230606508722078522014-12-09T17:09:28.682-05:002014-12-09T17:09:28.682-05:00The water on the Lightstone site is most definitel...The water on the Lightstone site is most definitely canal water. The worker I talked to confirmed it.<br /><br />As indicated, the water at the 3rd Street bridge was rainwater that had pooled at the lowest point between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens.Katiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484246196723019291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-27034591124813113602014-12-09T16:39:50.465-05:002014-12-09T16:39:50.465-05:00Is that canal water and if it is, is it safe for t...Is that canal water and if it is, is it safe for the workers to be onsite?Hoopleheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-23517432777601681592014-12-09T14:25:39.129-05:002014-12-09T14:25:39.129-05:00The flooding at the Lightstone site looks pretty b...The flooding at the Lightstone site looks pretty bad. If that is really canal water, they have some big problems to figure out. I guess that they will be building a retaining wall as part of the esplanade. They had better get going on that. Whole Foods looks like it is fairing much better, that high water is no where near breaching that wall. The city also has to sort out the drainage for the area around the 3rd street bridge; that is always a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-20493983832358224552014-12-09T14:16:55.981-05:002014-12-09T14:16:55.981-05:00Not sure I care if the Lightstone property floods ...Not sure I care if the Lightstone property floods or not so long as the rain does sit on Bond Street and effect the existing neighborhood up hill on the west side of Bond.<br /><br />It's also interesting to observe how effective the "Green Infrastructure" on Carroll St up hill from Bond is under there condition--basically ineffective. Just don't see how those things do anything during the rain storms that drive sewage out into the canal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com