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Oil, Philanthropy, The Astral and Art: The Mixed Local Legacy of Charles Pratt

by Geoff Cobb February 16, 2018February 14, 2018

Perhaps there is no person in the long history of Greenpoint who had a bigger effect on our area than Charles Pratt. Pratt’s legacy, though is a mixed one: a […]

Getty To Pay $16 Million Towards Clean Up Of Toxic Newtown Creek

by storres October 24, 2014October 24, 2014

In 1978 a US Coast Guard helicopter on a routine check spotted oil spilling into Newtown Creek. An estimated 30 million gallons leaked into the soil and water, causing health […]

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