Roosevelt Island Meditation Steps Repairs Approved By RIOC Board of Directors - $359 Thousand For Brazilian Hardwood But Won't Be Open Before August
Image of Fenced Off Meditation Steps
Reported previously on the disrepair and closure of Roosevelt Island's Meditation Steps - a wonderful place to sit and relax on the East River waterfront.
During the May 24 Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Board of Directors meeting (video of meeting is here), the RIOC Directors approved spending $359 Thousand to repair the steps with a tropical hardwood from Brazil. RIOC VP Of Operations Fernando Martinez estimated that the project could be completed by early August. Here's the presentation by Mr. Martinez on the Meditation Steps repair to the RIOC Board
and a previous presentation to March 21 RIOC Operations Committee meeting.
Video of Meditation Steps presentation to RIOC Operations Committee meeting is here.
I am looking forward to the reopening of Roosevelt Island's Meditation Steps.
5 comments :
Thank you RIOC!
I'm glad it's going to be fixed, but I do wonder if it would be more economical over the longhaul to instead use some of that recycled plastic building material that looks like wood instead.
Why not use Trex? It's used for all sorts of decks on a lot of new houses. It's a composite recycled materials. Lasts a long, long time and looks good. Same for all those ridiculous rusting panels for the seawall fences. The design of those fences makes is just impossible to possibly paint inside all of the grates. Trex would be grate for both, especially considering the sea air and salt water.
The presentation indicates that the hardwood has a 25 year commercial warranty, while the composite has only a 10 year commercial warranty.
This was an amazingly wonderful encounter for me. I am just starting to try things out with relaxation as a aspect of my Sabbath. I think I will use this for a while, until I become more relaxed meditation on my own.
If you want good change your life – do not begin modifying yourself or your lifestyle, just meditate
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