Archives for July 2009

Textile Recycling in McCarren Park

July 31, 2009 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

Starting Saturday, August 1, 2009, the Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC) is expanding its textile and clothing recycling project to four additional Greenmarket locations, including McCarren Park from 8am – 2pm. It will be an ongoing weekly program.

CENYC is partnering with Wearable Collections, a NYC-based textile recycling company. (The company donates part of the proceeds from the reclaimed materials to support costs associated with operating the program.)

“Told you so!” Scaffold Collapse Predicted

July 30, 2009 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

Local resident Shannon Manning snapped photos of a scaffold collapse that occurred at a construction site on Roebling St, between North 10th and 11th, on Monday, July 27. She reports that the scaffolding has since been pulled away from the building: “At one point,” she says, “the workers were attempting to pull it down using ropes, employing an unconventional and comical lasso technique!”

A union contractor, who is also a neighbor of Manning’s, informed her that the site is non-union with numerous violations, and that he had filed complaints regarding the scaffolding which he could tell was improperly secured. He even went as far as alerting the head of the Dept of Buildings. No action was ever taken until the collapse. Both the DOB and the NYC fire fighters arrived at the scene. NYFD stood at the sidelines says Manning, “I guess there are limits to what the NYFD can do.”