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It was a stunning spring day in NYC today. The temperature was 50 F and the light was spectacular... This is another iconic NYC bldg: the Con Edison tower -- built in 1928, designed by the firm of Warren & Wetmore (designers of Grand Central Terminal & The Dakota).
Driver cited in hit and run crash that closed the intersection by knocking down Utility poles into the street and taken out the traffic control box. 3:10 PM. Wednesday Oct.17.
Update: The storm continues to move west. Low tide will be ~3AM then another high tide at ~9AM. The storm will move west then turn north towards NY State. This will keep most of NJ close enough to keep winds strong from the south for most
of the state. Rain continues to build over the ocean and could start banding in towards the shore. There are still widespread power outages. Massive damage exists in downtown NYC and along the Jersey Shore. How is everyone doing out there?
Review of the latest throughout the region:
-Over 4.1 Million Power Outages in the Northeast
-Ocean City New Jersey is totally flooded with the pier 3/4's gone at last report (2pm this afternoon)
-Atlantic City Boardwalk ripped to shreds. Town is flooded with 5 feet of storm surge.
-NYC Crane swings on a 1.5 Billion Dollar Duplex after strong winds broke the crane in half. EMT's have cut off the areas including displacing residents from nearby Parker Meridien hotel.
-4 deaths reported in NJ (2 in car/1 by tree/1 unknown)
-5 deaths reported in NY
-2 sailors still missing after 17 abandoned ship after their vessel began taking on water about 90miles off the coast of The outer Banks of North Carolina.
-Up to 4 feet of Sea Water has entered New York Subway systems in lower Manhattan.
-Con Ed has shut off all power from Battery Park to 31st in Manhattan
-Sandy Hook, NJ Battery Park, NY and many other areas saw all time Records in Storm Surge resulting in major flooding.
-Coney Island is under water
-Subway system has been suspended until further notice.
-Runways under water at La Guardia Airport
***SEASIDE HEIGHTS*** CNN: "[Updated at 7:44 p.m.] 'The whole north side of Seaside Heights, New Jersey, 'is totally under water' - rising halfway up most front doors - the community's police Chief Thomas Boyd said. A 50-foot piece of boardwalk was ripped up and floated away from the ocean all the way to the bay."
Jay Zimmerman writes, "We just attempted to rescue 3 people from a house in North Beach and were unsuccessful due the the rapid ocean water. We had to drive away listening to there screams for help. It tore my heart out. The ocean is pouring into the bay from 70th street in Harvey Cedars to atleast surf city. We turned back there. There were cars, entire decks, sheds and contents of houses flowing into the bay. I have never seen anything like it in my life and I'm glad we all got back safely. It was a crazy ride.
UP 6779 comes off the Orin Sub main onto the lead track through the sewer pipe headed for the Jacobs Ranch Mine load out. This is a Con-Ed train out of Chicago and the crew already has its orders for a 1530 departure loaded and headed back east. 130 cars loaded and heading back east in 3 hrs with a crew change at Bill,WY.
on Metro-North Hudson line. Old 11kv towers get a new lease on life carrying 13kv from Con Ed. Lines dead end into aerial cable eventually feeding rectifiers replacing rotaries to run commuter trains.
New York Military Forces service members assigned to Joint Task Force Javits, and Joint Task Force South attend a joint endeavor Job fair sponsored by Operation Gotham Shield, New York National Guard family programs, Military Family Readiness Staff & the 174th Attack Wing Family Readiness Program, held at the New York State mass vaccination site at Jacob Javits Center, in Manhattan NY, on Thursday 6/10 and Friday 6/11. Service members had the opportunity to attend resume workshops, and meet with various Federal, State, City, and civilian employers. Over 3,180 members of the New York Army and Air National Guard, the New York Naval Militia and the New York Guard are supporting the multi-agency response to COVID-19 at 24 vaccination sites and other locations across New York. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by New York Guard Capt. Mark Getman)
“The new Academy Substation’s siting results from capturing a moment of technological history in regulation. Academy is to sit on land once occupied by a power-generating station. In the old days, generating stations needed to be close to water. The unenclosed substations still in place were originally installed to be near the generating station. These and other industrial-type facts on the ground led to M zoning for Sherman Creek. Proximity to water is no longer necessary for power facilities, but the zoning and existing facilities serve to keep—or, in the case of Academy Substation, entice—them there, cutting off the waterfront from active, people-friendly uses. The new substation will be enclosed (and by materials more attractive than concrete and chain link), but the existing open-air facilities will continue to occupy acres of the peninsula, discouraging redevelopment of nearby properties, even if the zoning designation is changed to R or C.
“If Academy’s lot had lost its M zoning, the utility would have needed a CPC special permit to put a substation on the 2.3-acre site. Generally a transmission substation can fit on a 80,000-square-foot site (i.e., less than two acres), but when Con Edison has space in hand, it tends to use it all rather than find ways to conserve it or combine uses. With its existing substations in place and with plans to build another on property it already owned, the utility resisted the Sherman Creek rezoning efforts. There was (and is) no incentive for Con Edison to undertake the difficult and expensive task of moving or concealing the extant equipment. As a result, the southern chunk of the Sherman Creek peninsula will remain unavailable for the foreseeable future.
“The one piece of good news in the case of Sherman Creek is that the new Academy Substation’s facade will be designed and the grounds landscaped to blend with marinas to the peninsula’s south. Increasingly, Con Edison has been employing this approach—at Astor in Manhattan and Mott Haven in the Bronx, for example.”
Excerpted from: “The Neighborly Substation”, by Hope Cohen, Center for Rethinking Development, Manhattan Institute, December 2008
Good Job by the Rye Fire Department, Town of Mamaroneck Fire Department, Village of Mamaroneck Fire Deparment, Rye Polcice Department, Port Chester-Rye-Rye Brook- EMS, Westchetser County Emergency Services and Con ed. The fire could not have been contained with out the volunteers!
Founded by Antonio Veniero in 1894, this was originally a pool hall that served pastries. Now it is world famous for its desserts. Bruce Springsteen is a cousin of the family. Right in front of the entrance to the apartments here is the Con Edison service hatch that electrocuted Jodie Lane, a psychology grad student, on January 16, 2004. Her death drew attention to the the dangers posed by Con Ed's lackadaisacal maintenance.
On March 1st, 2011 at approx 1:30pm, the Port Chester Fire Department was dispatched to a possible structure fire. Unites arived on scene to find a 3-story wooden frame structure engulfed in flames. The fire grew to 4 alarms. Many other departments helped contain the fire. Altogether, over 100 firefighters, mostly volunteer, fought the fire for hours.
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Mayor de Blasio holds a media availability on the steam pipe explosion at the intersection of 23rd Street and 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
CREDIT: Benjamin Kanter/Mayoral Photo Office
Joined by New York City-based climate and environmental justice advocates, unions, and actor James Cromwell, Finger Lakes residents made their voices heard outside of the Con Edison annual shareholder meeting. This diverse community minded group assembled to call for an end to risky gas storage projects in the Finger Lakes and for Con Ed instead to put its resources into energy efficiency and renewable energy.
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Residents wait for donated food and supplies at a makeshift base to help residents of Far Rockaway in Queens, N.Y., still without power after Hurricane Sandy Nov. 1, 2012. The Greenpeace solar truck Rolling Sunlight supplied power to charge resident's cell phones. Photo by Michael Nagle/Greenpeace
Finger Lakes resident John Dennis addresses the crowd after the Con Edison annual shareholder meeting. He was able to deliver a letter and address the meeting to call for an end to Con Ed's risky gas storage projects in the Finger Lakes and to put its resources into energy efficiency and renewable energy.
© Erik McGregor - erikrivas@hotmail.com - 917-225-8963
New York Military Forces service members assigned to Joint Task Force Javits, and Joint Task Force South attend a joint endeavor Job fair sponsored by Operation Gotham Shield, New York National Guard family programs, Military Family Readiness Staff & the 174th Attack Wing Family Readiness Program, held at the New York State mass vaccination site at Jacob Javits Center, in Manhattan NY, on Thursday 6/10 and Friday 6/11. Service members had the opportunity to attend resume workshops, and meet with various Federal, State, City, and civilian employers. Over 3,180 members of the New York Army and Air National Guard, the New York Naval Militia and the New York Guard are supporting the multi-agency response to COVID-19 at 24 vaccination sites and other locations across New York. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by New York Guard Capt. Mark Getman)
New York Military Forces service members assigned to Joint Task Force Javits, and Joint Task Force South attend a joint endeavor Job fair sponsored by Operation Gotham Shield, New York National Guard family programs, Military Family Readiness Staff & the 174th Attack Wing Family Readiness Program, held at the New York State mass vaccination site at Jacob Javits Center, in Manhattan NY, on Thursday 6/10 and Friday 6/11. Service members had the opportunity to attend resume workshops, and meet with various Federal, State, City, and civilian employers. Over 3,180 members of the New York Army and Air National Guard, the New York Naval Militia and the New York Guard are supporting the multi-agency response to COVID-19 at 24 vaccination sites and other locations across New York. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by New York Guard Capt. Mark Getman)
For Sunday's perambulation, I decided to walk up the East River, which boasts a footpath and various parks along almost its entire length. After leaving behind the South Street Seaport and passing under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, I reached the monolithic Piers 35 and 36: the latter is still municipal, but the former has been transformed into a pedestrian park, complete with a set of four hanging benches--a.k.a. "giant swings" socially acceptable for adults to use--set at precisely the right intervals for social distancing protocols.
I had originally intended just to walk up to the Williamsburg Bridge overpass, but the East River Park there was such a glorious walk that I couldn't bring myself to turn back. So I ended up walking all the way up to the Con Ed plant at 14th Street where the park ends, owing to the shoreline and path being squeezed down to a couple meters' width by the power substation's equipment. That was easy to forgo. (11.75 km)
Alexa Hampton with Con Edison's Director of Public Affairs, Westchester, Sandra Miller. Con Ed has been a steadfast corporate partner with JHC for more than a decade sponsoring programs on Social Justice like "Striving for Freedom," and programs about sustainability like "Stewardship through Smart Choices." More recently Con Edison awarded JHC a grant for the new "Our Footprints Matter" program about energy efficiency and the Power of Green. Con Edison was the JHC Preservation Honoree in 2009.
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The historic Westchester Country Club in Rye, NY designed by famed architects Warren & Wetmore in the 1920s was the site of the Jay Heritage Center's 2010 Preservation Luncheon, on December 8. Renowned designer, and JHC Advisory Board member, Alexa Hampton was the featured speaker. She is the author of the new book "Alexa Hampton: The Language of Interior Design" and captivated her audience with an engaging and colorful swathe of knowledgeable designing tips and illustrations of her work. More than 200 guests attended the event which raised over $100,000 in proceeds to benefit JHC's programs in American History, Architecture, Landscape Conservation and Environmental Stewardship.
The Luncheon was chaired by Suzanne Clary, Joan Mark, Rachel Breinin and Lauren Spelman all of Rye. A live auction featured couture jewelry from MISH and unique cultural experiences including private tours of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, picnics at Fort Jay on Governors Island and behind the scenes peeks at the Winter Antiques Show.
Guests also applauded Westchester Country Club historian, Sheila Enos who was honored for her work to preserve the photographic images and stories of generations of Rye and Harrison residents.
Alexa Hampton, president of Mark Hampton, LLC, since 1998, has annually been listed in Architectural Digest and House Beautiful as one of the country’s top interior designers. She is also the designer of a growing stable of eponymous licensed products for the home, including furniture, fabrics, carpets, and lighting. She lives in New York City with her husband and children. As an Advisory Board member, she is actively engaged in helping to restore the Jay House Dining Room in time for the JHC's spring exhibit on Slavery and the Civil War.
(Photo by Cutty McGill)
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Driver cited in hit and run crash that closed the intersection by knocking down Utility poles into the street and taken out the traffic control box. 3:10 PM. Wednesday Oct.17.
On March 1st, 2011 at approx 1:30pm, the Port Chester Fire Department was dispatched to a possible structure fire. Unites arived on scene to find a 3-story wooden frame structure engulfed in flames. The fire grew to 4 alarms. Many other departments helped contain the fire. Altogether, over 100 firefighters, mostly volunteer, fought the fire for hours.
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Good Job by the Rye Fire Department, Town of Mamaroneck Fire Department, Village of Mamaroneck Fire Deparment, Rye Polcice Department, Port Chester-Rye-Rye Brook- EMS, Westchetser County Emergency Services and Con ed. The fire could not have been contained with out the volunteers!
Rockaway residents wait in line for donated food and supplies at a makeshift base for residents of Far Rockaway in Queens, N.Y., still without power after Hurricane Sandy Nov. 1, 2012. The Greenpeace solar truck Rolling Sunlight supplied power to charge resident's cell phones and other devices. Photo by Michael Nagle/Greenpeace