Archinect - News2024-05-04T09:59:05-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/122840627/they-ve-been-waiting-patiently
They've been waiting patiently Nam Henderson2015-03-14T15:11:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9p/9pvlahxwq1x2xb2v.tiff?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"Do you have any skills?...You don't need to have any skills to come volunteer...this is still a story".</p></em><br /><br /><p>Jordan Klepper<strong> </strong>investigates a story of reconstruction in Staten Island. Two and a half years post-Sandy, four locals offer criticism of the <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/home/home.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NYC Build it Back</a> program. He then chats with Enrique Norten about <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/155167/mercedes-house-phase-1-ten-arquitectos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mercedes House</a>, a recent TEN Arquitectos project (totaling 1.2 million square feet) in Manhattan, completed in approximately three years. The role of dreaded "<em>bureaucracy</em>" is then referenced and Alana Tornello (a Disaster Recovery Coordinator) urges folks to volunteer and not forget.</p><p>For an alternative view of the topic; check out <em><a href="http://www.rebuildajustny.org/weathering-the-storm-rebuilding-a-more-resilient-nycha-post-sandy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weathering the Storm: Rebuilding a More Resilient New York City Housing Authority Post-Sandy</a> </em>released by<em> </em><a href="http://www.rebuildajustny.org/weathering-the-storm-rebuilding-a-more-resilient-nycha-post-sandy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Alliance for a Just Rebuilding</a>.</p>