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March 3, 2010
Bob Guskind, 1958-2009, still missed
Atlantic Yards Report
In the wake of Brooklyn's mainstream media consolidation, Norman Oder is still haunted by the chasm of neighborhood coverage left in the wake of Bob Guskind's death.
Bob Guskind, founder of the Gowanus Lounge blog, died a year ago. He's still missed, especially since the two main weekly newspaper chains in Brooklyn are now owned by Rupert Murdoch's Community Newspaper Group and renting office space from Bruce Ratner's Forest City Ratner.
Robert Guskind 1958-2009 from Blue Barn Pictures, Inc. on Vimeo.
NoLandGrab: If Bob were still with us, he would have been grinding it out this week.
Recently, there has been little good news for community activists fighting to stop or mitigate the effects of the unbelievable corruption of local government to accommodate Bruce Ratner's unprecedented real estate monopoly.
However, yesterday, the funk briefly lifted, making one victory all the more sweet, when the EPA officially designated the Gowanus Canal area a federal Superfund site. Bob's repeated visits to former industrial sites in the neighborhoods near the Gowanus Canal and Greenpoint/Williamsburg, and his photographs of the pernicious and perpetual ooze and oily sheen, gave the communities a voice and helped attract political and media attention to our toxic city.
The countless people on the front lines of the Gowanus Canal's Superfund Me campaign are missing Bob today, and would have loved to share this moment with him.
Posted by lumi at March 3, 2010 5:48 AM