It's Open House New York Weekend On Saturday and Sunday - Take A Tour Of Roosevelt Island's AVAC Underground Garbage Removal System and Visitors Center Kiosk
You Tube Video of Roosevelt Island AVAC System
This weekend is one of the real treats for those of us who like to explore New York City's architecture and unique locations. It's Open House New York (OHNY) Weekend on Saturday and Sunday. According to OHNY:
To celebrate the city’s architecture and design, the 9th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend will once again unlock the city, allowing New Yorkers and tourists alike free access hundreds of sites talks, tours, performances and family activities in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs. From private residences and historic landmarks, to rooftop farms and sustainable skyscrapers, OHNY gives you rare access into the extraordinary architecture that defines New York City, while introducing you to the people who make the city a vibrant and sustainable place to live, work, and play.Roosevelt Island sites on the OHNY schedule are the AVAC Underground Garbage Collection system and the Roosevelt Island Historical Society Visitors Center Kiosk. A tour of the FDR Four Freedoms Park construction site is also on OHNY's schedule but is sold out.
A previous post of Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) President Leslie Torres Report included this information on the AVAC system.
... Since 1975, the Automated Vacuum Collection System (“AVAC”) has been transporting the majority of Roosevelt Island’s solid waste through tubes connecting the residential buildings to a sanitation facility located by the Roosevelt Island Bridge. Because of this system, we are able to reduce the number of NYC Department of Sanitation trucks that ride our street by 18 trucks a month.More information available from previous posts on the Roosevelt Island AVAC system and Visitors Center Kiosk.
Now, we are exploring new technologies that will allow for the integration of source-separated (recycled) and commercial waste into the system. Additionally, it might be possible for access points to be located in key areas of the district, eliminating the need for curb-side pickup. CUNY’s Urban Transportation Research Center for Region 2 has been awarded a grant from NYSERDA to investigate the feasibility of integrating such a system into the Island’s facility....
3 comments :
It is nice to know that the AVAC system reduces the number of sanitation trucks by 18 trucks a month.
It should be possible to also reduce the number of large delivery trucks rumbling down Main Street . Our stores do not require big deliveries.
good news fall for arts is moving to southtown next year ,thats where it belongs. it is a big waste of money. let the people living in southtown pay for this b.s.
The Fall for Arts is moving to " south point park " put your glasses on READ and try to join your community and go and pick up a paint brush and stop the profanity and hating your neighbors.
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