Febuary 2016

EastRiver

NewsMEET YOUR Approvals for the Sol Lain and Is there a light out in your hallway, NEIGHBOR NIGHT Henry M Jackson playground flood in the laundry room or trash IS BACK! designs are now complete, includ- in the stairwells? Perhaps the Kick off 2016 with the House ing those from the Public Design Wi-Fi is not working in the gym or Committee’s series of East River Commission. Parks staff can now community room. These are all Socials. Meet, reconnect, and go into the procurement phase types of things that you can report chat with your neighbors and for the playgrounds, typically 7-10 to maintenance to help us get friends over wine, cheese, snacks, months. During procurement, fixed quicker. Requests can easily cake, soda and cookies. the Parks team works to prepare be filed 24 hours a day online at; contracts, legal approvals, bidding, www.coopvillage.coop/maintenance When: Monday, February 29, 2016 and permits needed for contrac- or by calling 212-677-5744. 7:00 - 8:30 pm. tors to begin work. Construction Where: Building 2 573-575-577 for Sol Lain and Henry M Jackson LGBT NETWORKING is expected to begin in the fall of OPPORTUNITIES 2016. Projects are being given The Co-Op Village People brings Kosher and Non Kosher refresh- a 12 - 18 months timeframe for together the LGBT residents of ments will be available and every- completion, with the hope that the East River, Hillman, , one is invited. playgrounds will be fully renovated and Amalgamated co-ops for by the fall of 2017. social gatherings and networking. There have been 3 gatherings so LOCAL PARKS UPDATE BUILDING A BETTER far, with the most recent one held We wanted to share the latest up- COMMUNITY in Amalgamated in January. date with you about the renovation Maintenance Requests; they aren’t If you are interested in learning process for Sol Lain and Henry just for your apartment! You can more or joining their email list you M Jackson Playgrounds, both help make East River a better and can contact them at: of which are part of the Mayor’s safer place to live by helping re- [email protected]. Community Parks Initiative (CPI). port issues you see in the common The Community Parks Initiative areas that need tending to. is an investment in neighborhood parks with the greatest needs. Through the CPI, the Parks Department is working directly with New Yorkers to transform neighborhood parks by redesign- ing and reconstructing dozens of smaller, local parks through capital projects. Lower Eastside Parks selected for the CPI include Luther Gulick (aka Sheriff Street Park), Sol Lain and Henry M Jackson Playgrounds. River Newsletter designed by David Flaherty / [email protected] - - East

he Lowline Lab is a long-term open News abandoned market on the , just two blocks from the site of the proposed future Lowline, the Lowline Lab includes a series of controlled experiments in an environ ment mimicking the actual Lowline site. Where: Market 140 Essex Street (between Rivington and Stanton Streets) When: Saturdays and Sundays Through March 2016 CHECK OUT THE LOW LINE THIS SPRING! T laboratory and technical exhibit designed to test and showcase how the Lowline will grow and sustain plants underground. Built inside an -

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