[Infrastructours] Loisaida - Steam Systems / Sandy Flooding / Squatting

INFRASTRUCTOURS - tours that bring you into contact with the systems that make our lives possible - this time in Loisaida / Alphabet City!

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of INFRASTRUCTOURS - tours that bring you into contact with the systems that make our lives possible.

This time, we will be visiting Loisaida aka Alphabet City, which is home to a fascinating collection of infrastucture related to electricity, steam, water, transit, and more.

We will visit the below sites and get into their function and history, all within the historical context of the neighborhood.

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Con Edison Avenue A Substation

Tompkins Square Park / Temperance Fountain

First Wind Turbine in NYC - UHAB

Free Public Baths of the City of New York

CHARAS / El Bohío squatter school

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS)

La Plaza Cultural

Dry Dock Playground

DEP Manhattan Pump Station

Con Edison East 14th St Steam Generating Station

212 Loisaida Ave Elevated Boiler System

Con Edison Field

Floodgate #12

Solar One Environmental Education Center