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Tag: Lower East Side

No Power

Posted on December 29, 2024December 29, 2024 by East River Park ACTION

The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project repeatedly affects nearby residents, even though one of the reasons the city gave for the complete destruction of East River Park was that it would lessen the disruptions. Yet, late night noise, dust, power outages, delays in toxic cleanup at Riis Houses and other problems plague the neighborhood. What…

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Ribbon cutting for new artificial turf field, the first thing to be opened in East River Park since demolition in 2021.

Unnatural

Posted on September 10, 2024September 10, 2024 by East River Park ACTION

According to New York City officials and some elected representatives, we need artificial turf fields more than we need to protect the climate of NYC and the earth.  NO. We need more real grass playing fields and other open, natural spaces for the health and joy of more New Yorkers and for the future of…

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Let It Rot

Posted on June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 by East River Park ACTION

The Lower East Side Ecology Center’s compost program in East River Park was the first of its kind in the city. We’re helping this important climate-centric community group to continue. By Wendy Brawer Every bit of food scrap that goes into the drop-off bins provided by the Lower East Side Ecology Center (LESEC) at the Tompkins…

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City of Dense

Posted on May 15, 2024 by East River Park ACTION

Amazing fact. The population density of our Lower East Side and East Village is 95,965 per square mile. That far exceeds anywhere else in the city, and get this–it far exceeds Kolkata, India, with 77,952 people per square mile.  This is one reason we need greening—more trees and other plantings and real grass turf fields*–to…

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"Open Session," Center for Art and Architecture featuring East River Park Action April 30, 2024

East River Park Action at the Storefront for Art and Architecture

Posted on April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 by East River Park ACTION

We’ve been invited to do a program by the Storefront gallery at 97 Kenmare St. Tuesday, April 30,  6:30 to 8:00. (just E. of Mulberry). The Storefront for Art and Architecture displays multimedia work and arranges discussions about new ways to think about architecture, art and design. It will feature a special showing of Harriet Hirshorn’s…

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HELP! Preserve the north end of East River Park AND gain oversight on construction

Posted on October 11, 2023June 16, 2024 by East River Park ACTION

Sign the Petition! Four years ago, our Lower East Side/East Village community petitioned the City Council to reconsider the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) plan that would demolish its beloved mile-long East River Park and build a massive levee. Less destructive alternatives were possible. Our voices went unheard. Today, we face the consequences as the…

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Public Art, or More Construction?

Posted on October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 by East River Park ACTION

New sculpture adds more dystopia to East River Park An art installation, “Joined an Avalanche, Never to be Alone Again,” opened October 4 at the foot of the temporary Corlears Hook Park bridge. The piece features gravel, corrugated steel, core samples, repurposed fencing from the FDR–and asphalt.  At a recent walk-through, the DDC Public Artist in Residence Carlos Irijalba…

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Juvenile hawk on construction materials, East River Park. Marcella Durand

What to Count and When to Breathe

Posted on January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 by East River Park ACTION

In the absence of birds, I counted vehicles. There were plenty. by Marcella Durand There is a new hawk in town: a juvenile red-tailed hawk that sits on trees and fences between Corlears Hook Park and the tiny oblong of passive lawn in what used to be East River Park. I like to keep an…

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Magnificent pin oak in East River Park before it was cut down.

The Case for Quercus

Posted on December 13, 2022 by East River Park ACTION

The cost of cutting down 29 oak trees in East River Park—just a few of the approximately 600 trees destroyed one year ago by New York City Marcella Durand In Nature’s Best Hope, Douglas Tallamy writes, “Ecologically, oaks are superior plants, and it would be easy to make a convincing case that they deliver more…

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Temperatures recorded on a 97º day in Corlears Hook Park showing the effect of shade.

Hot and Hotter

Posted on August 9, 2022August 10, 2022 by East River Park ACTION

Sparse shade in the remains of East River Park means that temperatures in the former oasis are dangerously high. We need remedies.  Some intrepid Actioneers braved the outdoors despite heat advisories August 9. We measured temperatures around the area of East River Park. (We started measurements at Corlears Hook Park as shown above because that’s where…

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      • Value Engineering
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        • Resolved: No Value No Plan
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