For years, industrial sites that once fueled the city’s economy have sat idle and deteriorating in and around residential areas. Now, the brownfields are presenting an opportunity for residents to re-invent their neighborhoods.
On June 20, Bateaux Below members (left-to-right) Paul Cornell, Joseph W. Zarzynski, Steve Resler, and John Farrell sank this replica of a 1758 bateau "wreck" in 4 ft. of water off the southwest corner of Lake George. The replica was built by 7th and 8th grade students from Maple Avenue Middle School and the replica looks like a 250 year old bateau shipwreck.