Via Hope for New York ...
• Help unload truck and distribute goods to those in need on Lower East Side Saturday 11/3 and Sunday 11/4. Meet @ 10th St & Ave D anytime after 8:30AM. Just show up!
Donation Needs
The Father's Heart
Need: Donations of 1) Bottled Water and 2) Fresh fruit & veggies all day Saturday 11/3. Bring donations directly to The Father's Heart at 545 East 11th St anytime between 8:30-2:30PM.
Bowery Mission
Need: The Mission is in great need of gasoline to power their generators, blankets, and sweatshirts. Please drop off any of these items at 227 Bowery, New York, NY, 10002 OR the administrative headquarters on Madison and 31st. Find more Bowery needs here.
There are plenty more ways to help citywide. Go here for more details.
Showing posts with label Hurricane Sandy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hurricane Sandy. Show all posts
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Thanks to C-Squat
There are a lot of people to thank for their efforts following Hurricane Sandy... Many residents who I've talked with were particularly grateful of C-Squat residents.
You may have seen the free food and BBQ going all week outside the building at 155 Avenue C. Per Dave on 7th: "C-Squat feed more people [in the East Village] than the city did." The first sign of any kind of coordinated relief via the National Guard arrived Thursday evening to East 10th Street and Avenue D.
In addition, 155 Avenue C is home to MoRUS, where Time's Up! charged cell phones and other items with the stationary bike-powered generator.
Friday, November 2, 2012
To boost spirits: A post-Sandy parade for Avenue C
From the EV Grieve inbox...
[Image by Nicolina Art]
Alphabet City got really hammered by the hurricane. To boost spirits: a parade. Let's play a parade on Saturday at, say, 12:30 up Avenue C from Houston to C-Squat/MoRUS at East 10th Street.
We need musicians to RSVP — please let us know your instrument or section. Also circus friends, stiltwalkers, jugglers, and others, please come add festiveness and spectacle!
Please bring fruit and other supplies to give out, too. Zines, comics, and activity books make great throws for homes without power! Here's what to do with your dusty library...
[Image by Nicolina Art]
And now, the line for gas
Even before the power returned late this afternoon, cars convened at the Mobil station on Avenue C at East Houston.
EVG reader Krikor Daglian took the following photos.
Per Krikor:
Meanwhile, this gas station is set to close next month and become a new development of some sort.
EVG reader Krikor Daglian took the following photos.
Per Krikor:
Cars started lining up at the newly-powered Mobil on Avenue C and 2nd, despite the fact that the owners weren't there and the place was closed. Police came by and told everyone to leave. Just walked by again and it looks like the owners have arrived but the police are still blocking it off. Not sure what will happen next. People are pretty antsy to get gas. The traffic is horrendous.
Meanwhile, this gas station is set to close next month and become a new development of some sort.
BBQ tonight at Matilda
BBQ Friday 2night! At Matilda 11th St at Ave C. Come support the East Village w/food & bev! 6-11pm! PLEASE RETWEET @boweryboogie @evgrieve
— Daily Food & Wine (@DailyFoodnWine) November 2, 2012
Noted on Avenue C
People are siphoning gas out of abandoned cars on Avenue C
— Zach Mack (@zmack) November 2, 2012
More scenes from outside Key Food yesterday
Where the dumpster was set up for employees to pitch produce and other items... I've heard varying accounts of the scene here. (I didn't see this.) A few news accounts painted this as an apocalyptic scene.
Here's the view from London at the Daily Mail:
Here are photos from Edward Arrocha, who noted via Facebook:
And C-Squat residents later cooked up the food for any hungry neighbors...
Here's the view from London at the Daily Mail:
Shocking images captured groups of residents sifting through garbage outside a Key Food supermarket at Avenue A and East 4th Street in the East Village yesterday.
Families, elderly people and young residents were seen climbing into the dumpster hunting for whatever they could find to eat.
Here are photos from Edward Arrocha, who noted via Facebook:
Outside of Key Food, a trip. Kudos to C-squat for liberating the food... but shame on the horders who took so much more then their fare share in spite of hungry neighboors... share, repost, let the world see New York...
And C-Squat residents later cooked up the food for any hungry neighbors...
Food trucks at Astor Place, Tompkins Square Park until 4 today
Via the New York City Food Truck Association... Food trucks will be out today in the city ... including:
Astor Place
- Rickshaw Truck
- Toum
- Wafels & Dinges
Tompkins Square Park
- Sweetery Truck
- Mexico Blvd.
Astor Place
- Rickshaw Truck
- Toum
- Wafels & Dinges
Tompkins Square Park
- Sweetery Truck
- Mexico Blvd.
Dr. Dave Ores providing free food, medical care again today on East Second St.
for LES residents: free sandwiches & coffee at 1pm, FREE MEDICAL CARE from 1-6pm. @drdaveores's office: 189 e 2nd at ave b. (cc @evgrieve)
— lia bulaong (@lia) November 2, 2012
He provided this yesterday too.
Also, Dr. Ores could use some help today making sandwiches if anyone is interested...
Energy bikes at ABC No Rio today
From the EV Grieve inbox...
From C-Squat this week...
Time's Up! will continue to provide free bike-powered assistance on Friday, Day 4 of power outage, from noon - 6pm on the Lower East Side
WHAT: Time's Up! will be setting up their energy bikes to continue offering downtown residents, left without power now for 4 days, a place to charge their cell phones and laptops. Food will also be offered by ABC No Rio Community Center.
WHEN: Friday, November 2, 2012, from noon - 6:00pm.
WHERE: In front of ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington Street, between Clinton & Suffolk in the Lower East side.
NEW YORK, NY (November 2, 2012) -- On Friday, November 2nd, Time's Up! will be setting up their energy bikes to continue offering downtown residents a free place to charge their cell phones and laptops, in front of ABC No Rio Community Center from noon - 6pm. Volunteers pedal the Time's Up! Energy Bikes to produce electricity that directly powers the charging stations. The energy bikes have been assisting New Yorkers without power since the first full day of the blackout.
The Time's Up! Energy Bike, that was previously used to power Zuccotti Park for Occupy Wall Street, was on display at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) in the East Village.
"The tidal surge flooded the basement of the MoRUS museum, but we were able to use the energy bike that was on display to power the water pump and drain out the basement," said Keegan Stephan, one of the designers of the Time's Up! Energy Bike.
"Time's Up! wanted to do our part to help our neighbors in need with the resources we have available, bicycles and eager cyclists ready to pedal all day to juice up cell phones so people without power can stay connected. Two energy bikes were set up outside on Avenue C for East Village residents affected by the storm. Today, Nov 2nd, we will head over to pedal on the Lower East Side," said Time's Up! volunteer Barbara Ross.
From C-Squat this week...
NEVER MIND Report: Con Ed says power back on to all of Manhattan by the end of today
Per Bloomberg News this a.m.:
UGH!
Bloomberg has a follow-up story saying:
Manhattan, slowed by power outages, flooded subways and closed markets since Sandy struck Oct. 29, should have electricity fully restored by the end of today, Consolidated Edison Inc. (ED) spokesman Robert McGee said.
UGH!
Bloomberg has a follow-up story saying:
Mike Clendenin, a spokesman for the New York-based utility, corrected another company spokesman who told Bloomberg Radio this morning that all of Manhattan would be restored today.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Heading back home
I tried to do the Grieve today from the neighborhood, but it wasn't working... spotty Internet access... it was just taking too long to get anything posted. So instead of roaming around, I zipped up to Lightsville for a good portion of the morning and afternoon to be more productive. Will likely do the same tomorrow. I'd much rather stay put... Meanwhile, if you have any Sandy-related stories to share, please send them to the EV Grieve email.
Be well tonight.
Community
@zmack on @abcbeerco cleanup — 'we got hit very badly. But the sense of community is incredible and we're not giving up!'
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) November 1, 2012
Keep hearing the same variation of this... the sense of community... the community spirit after Sandy hit the area...
Find more EVG on Twitter
Meant to say much earlier that I'm tweeting and retweeting stuff @EVgrieve ...
@evgrieve There's a charging station at the corner deli of East 7th and 1st Ave.
— POP BOP & SNAP (@popbopandsnap) November 1, 2012
The Bowery Mission needs help
URGENT NEED: We greatly need gasoline to power our generators. We're running very low. Please bring to 227 Bowery if you can!
— The Bowery Mission (@BoweryMission) November 1, 2012
The scene at Associated this afternoon
The Associated supermart on Ave C is emptying itself into a dumpster. Many folks from the hood arriving w handcarts. flic.kr/p/dpKYUd
— finitor (@finitor) November 1, 2012
As @Finitor noted in a follow-up tweet: "Situation I observed is more about people making calm sensible use of unspoiled discards, NOT desperation."
As noted earlier, the store here at East Eighth Street was hit hard by the storm surge Monday night. There are unconfirmed reports of looting here too.
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