“‘The Pond’, which is at the bottom of the stairwell of the building, is a portion of an actual original pond,” the owner told the website, “and runs under the entire area, including under the landmark building which is adjacent to Whole Foods across the street. This is no metaphor: the guide in the quick clip tosses an object that makes a notable splooshing sound-like, say, a rock landing in a pond.
Below the famed underground BC Studios in the neighborhood, on 3rd Street just east of Third Avenue, is a staircase that leads down to “the pond,” according to a new trailer for a documentary about the space, Gothamist reports. Today, we learn there’s a still-accessible pond undulating underneath Gowanus. (Some people theorized such primitive waterbodies were responsible for Bay Ridge’s rich history of sinkholes.) And when I was in elementary school, we once had a few days off because the vestigial stream underneath the building was pulling down the boiler. The streets you walk today were not always as perfectly dry as they look the city in its Mannahatta days was cut through with streams, creeks, ponds, and lakes, later filled in with varying degrees of proficiency, and some not that long ago: my grandmother could remember a small pond where today there’s a supermarket parking lot.
A new, massive Whole Foods supermarket across the street is the latest addition to this once out-of-the-way area, that Bisi fears will increase property values to the point of pushing out long-time renters and artists like himself.The story of development in New York City is, in part, the story of erasing ancient waterways. However, the future of the recording studio is in question as it is squeezed in by the encroaching gentrification of the neighborhood. He has recorded across many genres, from experimental music, to hip hop and indie rock in the old factory building by the contaminated Gowanus Canal. Following that success, Bisi worked with many other influential musicians there, including Sonic Youth, Swans, Angels of Light, John Zorn, Foetus and the Dresden Dolls. This was the first mainstream, popular song to feature a DJ and a turntable, utilizing 'scratching'. Working with Bill Laswell and the band Material, Bisi recorded Herbie Hancock's hit Rockit in this underground space. After a chance New York encounter, the studio was founded with money from Brian Eno, who subsequently worked on the album On Land there. įor over 30 years, Martin Bisi has recorded music from his studio in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood. After a chance New York encounter, the studio was. A new, massive Whole Foods supermarket across the street is the latest addition to this once out-of-the-way area, that Bisi fears will increase property values to the point of pushing out long-time renters and artists like himself. For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has recorded music from his studio in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood.
The story of BC Studio For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has recorded music from his studio in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood.
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