{"id":965,"date":"2013-12-19T07:12:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T07:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?p=965"},"modified":"2013-12-19T07:12:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T07:12:09","slug":"450-umbrellas-found-floating-gowanus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/450-umbrellas-found-floating-gowanus\/","title":{"rendered":"450 UMBRELLAS FOUND FLOATING IN GOWANUS!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" id=\"theZoomPicFor__dtgballongowanus20131115bk01_ijpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/assets\/photos\/36\/46\/dtg-ball-on-gowanus-2013-11-15-bk01_z.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The Gowanus Canal could soon be harboring quite a few more discarded bottles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Brooklyn artists Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi have partnered with Gowanus activist groups to float a 24-foot art piece on the canal in an effort to shed light on the canal\u2019s pollution. The work is an orb made of 450 defective umbrellas and 128 two-liter bottle that, despite its junk-yard looks, they say will help, not hurt, the fetid waterway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/stories\/36\/47\/dtg-ball-on-gowanus-2013-11-15_36_47.html\">CLICK HERE<\/a> <span style=\"color: #003300;\">for more on this story.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gowanus Canal could soon be harboring quite a few more discarded bottles. Brooklyn artists Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi have partnered with Gowanus activist groups to float a 24-foot art piece on the canal in an effort to shed light on the canal\u2019s pollution. 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