By The Red Hook WaterStories team
John Ryan-Henry & Austin Becker in their 2020 article in the journal Maritime Policy & Management say that in order to plan for comprehensive climate change resilience it is essential to understand the effects of coastal storm hazards...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Alexandros Washburn, an architect, urban planner and designer experienced first-hand the flooding of his neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Moved to find ways to make cities more resilient he became a...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
April 21, 2013 This is PortSide NewYork's hurricane Sandy story. A personal report by Carolina Salguero, Director of PortSide, speaking as Shipkeeper of the MARY A. WHALEN. This installment covers PortSide's time in port preparing...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Zoltán Glück was a graduate student when Sandy hit, and he worked with Occupy Sandy doing recovery work in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Occupy Sandy, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, was a major and innovative force for Sandy recovery in New...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Hurricane Sandy hit New York with great force and water on Ocober 29, 2012. The following day, João de Souza photographed the aftermath and the first efforts of cleaning up and pumping out in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Below is a curated...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Camille Casaretti, president of the community education council 15 (cec15), stopped by to see how the sign and map could be used for educating school groups. She was greeted by Portside executive director Carolina Salguero dressed as bioluminescence...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Carolina Salguero and PortSide NewYork won a White House “Champions of Change award in 2013 for protecting the MARY A. WHALEN from the storm and then offering Sandy recovery services to Red Hook. The Obama administration was smart and used the...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Shannon Geis spent months researching the history of Red Hook, reading old newspapers, and, "most importantly, speaking with the people of Red Hook about how they view the community and where they see themselves in it." Her interviews took...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Liberty Industrial Gases & Welding Supplies Liberty Gases have been a supplier of compressed gases and welding supplies for over 25 years. Open: Monday – Friday, 7am – 3:00 PM Address: 600 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 Phone:...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
YES, post hurricane Sandy, Red Hook has been, and still is being, intensely studied by the city, state and federal government; and it is being studied by many academic projects as well. Here is a quick overview of multiple government-funded plans...
