camminando | Melbourne: Southbank

Views from and of the Shrine of Remembrance

 Astronomy at the Royal Botanic Gardens: the Photoheliograph and the Observatory

  Melbourne Recital Center

 

 

ACCA Australian Centre for Contemporary Art with the Eureka Tower in the background

 

National Gallery of Victoria: Celeste Boursier Mougenet and Robin Rhode installations

Walk length: 3km

Camminando | Brooklyn, Gowanus Canal

photo credit: Daniela Bertol

Last Saturday my walkabouts took me to a quite fascinating mix of industrial archeology and art practices: the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.

The misty evening coupled with the remains of the snow added to ghost like atmosphere of the canal. Located in the western border of Long Island, the canal was once a busy commercial water transportation hub.
The canal was built from local tidal wetlands and fresh water streams faced several environmental problems and is undergoing environmental cleanup in conjunction with waterfront development plans.