Making Your Home on the Gowanus Canal
Today The Post has a fun article about folks who live in houseboats on the Gowanus, which includes a mention of Adam Katzman, whose living arrangements have been documented in the video above. The story questions the legality of the houseboats: “While the boaters have docking permission from property owners, the floating homes still must…
Today The Post has a fun article about folks who live in houseboats on the Gowanus, which includes a mention of Adam Katzman, whose living arrangements have been documented in the video above. The story questions the legality of the houseboats: “While the boaters have docking permission from property owners, the floating homes still must pass city Buildings and Fire department safety inspections to be considered legal.” The more compelling question, though, is what compels folks to live on the polluted canal; the Post describes some of them as places where folks party into the wee hours of the night, though, as in the case of Katzman, it seems to be an experiment in sustainable, environmentally friendly living on one of the city’s most polluted waterways.
Canal ‘Street’ [NY Post]
Video and Profile of Katzman: The Off-Gridder [Back to Nature NYC]
“His two-story vessel, the “Jerko,†has …. a composting septic systemâ€
I wonder how that works.
Raymond Howell, co-founder of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club, said such concern is unwarranted.
“I’ve fallen in 12 times the past 10 years, and I’m still here,†he boasted.
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Yeah…how could that hurt anyone? BTW, the idea is to remain inside the canoe.
those STDs are knocking on your door
will the superfund cleanup involve dredging away his hydroponic crops?
also, was that a directv dish??? how the f@ck is that ‘off the grid’?
This is awesome. I want a living machine.
look at his hat. It probably fell overboard.
There’s a whole bunch of occupied yachts permanently moored in the Newtown Creek. Some people just love mucky backwaters.
omg. right. whatever floats your boat and this does not do it for me.
Imagine lolling away a late summer afternoon on-deck on the Gowanus…