NYCkayaker SATURDAY, May 15, FLUSHING CREEK

Fri May 14 10:04:03 EDT 2010

Hi All,

Sorry, Laura will be away from her computer today. Please contact me or the
2010 LICCB Chair Ted Gruber (mainyo at aol.com) if you'd like to help.
Naturally, if you have your own boat, feel free to visit so long as you're
mindful of the schedule.

Best regards,

Erik

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Erik Baard <erikbaard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ahoy'all!
>
> I'm assisting the event described below under the leadership of LIC
> Community Boathouse volunteer Laura Segal. We'd do well to have more
> escorts
> with experience, and this is a fantastic introduction to the Flushing Creek
> (called Flushing River now by developers and urban planners).
>
> Some of you might recall that a coalition of boathouses, both paddling and
> rowing, took to the Flushing Creek about five or so years ago with local
> elected officials, neighborhood advocates, and others to demonstrate our
> commitment to cleaning the waterway and opening it to public enjoyment.
> That
> event was organized by Citizens Committee for NYC (where I was
> environmental
> program manager) and the LIC Community Boathouse. It proved to be a great
> success.
>
> If you'd like to participate in tomorrow's excellent renewal of our
> commitment to civic engagement on the creek, please email Laura at
> laura.segal at gmail.com
>
> Salty regards,
>
> Erik
>
> *Ludlow 38 invites you on a canoe trip up the Flushing River realized in
> connection with Lara Almarcegui’s current solo exhibition at Ludlow 38.
> *
> In conjunction with Lara Almarcegui’s project Guide to the Wastelands of
> Flushing River on view at Ludlow 38 until May 16, 2010, Ludlow 38 European
> Kunsthalle Cologne Goethe-Institut New York invites the public on a canoe
> trip up the Flushing River to explore Almarcegui’s wasteland sites and the
> area along the river.
>
> The event, that is free and open to all, will take place on *Saturday May
> 15, 2010*. Participants will meet at 11 am at the Willets Pt. -Shea Stadium
> Subway stop (Subway line 7) at the exit to the stadium parking lot. From
> the
> parking lot we will walk to the Boat Launch that is located to the far east
> end of the Flushing Marina Bay Promenade (see directions below).
>
> *Day schedule for May 15, 2010:
> *11.00 am: Meeting at Pt-Shea Stadium Subway
> 11.15 am: Walking to the boat launch
> 12.00 pm: Instructions
> 1.00: Canoe trip starts, guiding to wasteland areas along the Flushing
> River.
> 2.30 Canoe trip ends
>
> Limited places, distributed on a first come first serve basis, please RSVP
> by May 13 to *ludlow38 at verizon.net*.
>
> For questions call Helga Christoffersen at 646 595 6507
>
> *Directions (see the attached map):
> *A: Meeting point on May 15, 2010 at 11 am.
> B: The Boat Launch
> It is of course optional whether to show up at 11 am at the station or 12
> pm
> at the boat launch.
>
> *About Lara Almarcegui’s Guide to the Wastelands of Flushing River:
> *The publication *Guide to the Wastelands of Flushing River* contains
> photographs from 12 sites in Queens accompanied by concise descriptions
> that
> outline the locations’ history, present state and future. Visitors are
> invited to pick up a copy and explore these sites at their own leisure. A
> slide installation at the Ludlow 38 gallery on the Lower East Side presents
> a selection of photographs taken during Almarcegui’s excursions along
> Flushing River, from its original source via Willow Lake and Flushing
> Meadows Corona Park, the site for the 1939 and the 1964 World’s Fairs, to
> its estuary at Flushing Bay.
> Lara Almarcegui was born in Zaragoza, Spain, in 1972 and lives in
> Rotterdam,
> the Netherlands. She has exhibited widely, at the Liverpool Biennial in
> 2004, the São Paulo Biennial in 2006, the Gwangju and Taipei Biennials in
> 2008, and the Ramallah and Athens Biennials in 2009, to name a few. Recent
> solo exhibitions include Ruins in the Netherlands at Ellen de Bruijne
> Gallery, Amsterdam and Pepe Cobo, Madrid, as well as Bilbao Wastelands at
> Sala Rekalde in Bilbao, all in 2008.
> *
> Thank you:
> *Ludlow 38 would like to thank the following parties for making this event
> possible:
> MINI, Friends of Goethe, Janette Kim, Erik Baard, Ted Gruber, Larissa
> Harris, Laura Segal, Paul Baker, Robert DiMaio, Monica Schroeder, Long
> Island City Community Boat House and Urban Landscape Lab Columbia
> University
>
> LUDLOW 38
> 38 LUDLOW STREET
> BETWEEN GRAND AND HESTER
> NEW YORK 10002
> TEL +1 212 228 6848
> *info at ludlow38.org
> **www.ludlow38.org*
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> --
> Erik Baard
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