Our last field trip – and last day of class! – will be to VOCAL. see link below. afterwards we’ll go get ice cream and/or sit outside and talk. my intended ice cream spot is Sky Ice on 5th Ave, they make their own gelato and sorbet, and also cook up good thai food (weird combo, i know, but it’s all good).

http://www.vocal-ny.org/

Coney Island. surf ave and the areas close to the boardwalk were under 5 feet of water, including much of the amusement park, some NYCHA buildings, and nursing homes.
here’s a link to an article written shortly after the storm, including some photos:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/03/hurricane-sandy-coney-island_n_2069243.html

here is the photo Simin, the education director, took at the end of our tour last week.

Field trip to Democracy Now

Feb 28: the panorama at the Queens Museum. we will meet at 12:30 at the Bedford Ave gate and travel together.
http://www.queensmuseum.org/exhibitions/visitpanorama

March 7 (optional): meet 7:30am at the studios of Democracy Now, a nationally broadcast independent news program. The studio address is 207 W. 25th street, 11th floor, between 7th and 8th avenues in Manhattan.
http://www.democracynow.org/