Storm protections are coming, so group says let’s dance – The Villager

Dancers from Grand Street Settlement quickly got all ages dancing at the event which also feature spoken word poetry and a traditional Chinese fan dance. Photo by ZACH WILLIAMS BY ZACH WILLIAMS | In the Lower East Side partying and emergency preparedness can go hand-in-hand. A DJ presided over an Aug. 8 soiree held in East River Park as a collective “thank you” to local residents for their input in the Big U project — the proposed storm protections for the U-shaped section of southern Manhattan starting with most of the East Side. Local dancers and spoken word artists performed as residents watched and mingled with representatives ranging from the Red Cross to Good Old Lower East Side [GOLES], which helped Rebuild by Design organize the approximately three-hour event. “It’s really important to have you operating with us on the design for the Big U, which is a plan that will receive federal money to connect the waterfront back to the community and to also protect you from future storms,” said Tara Eisenberg, a research coordinator at Rebuild by Design, which formed after Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of the city two years ago.

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