E M P T Y | V E S S E L | P R O J E C T | N E W S
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EV is a World War II Navy Rescue boat. We saved her from demolition
in the Bronx and brought her to Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. By next
year, she will become an Art and Design Center fostering projects
focused on Sustainable Living in Post-Industrial Urban Landscapes.
EV, herself, will be the first such project. We will begin by
hosting work parties, movie nights, seminars, concerts, dinners, and
workshops.
You are welcome to participate, suggest your own events, stop by and
chat or offer insight. This missive is designed to served as a guide
for your participation. It will come out at the beginig of each week.
If you have any suggestions for how this newsletter can be improved,
contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org .
This is issue number two.
U P C O M I N G | C A L E N D A R
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
Work Day
3-8pm
***at the boat
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3
Work Day and BBQ with CUNY ESOL program
11-2pm
***at the boat
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5
Work Day
3-8pm
***at the boat
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
Call 917 861 5846 to find out today's schedule
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
Work Day and GRUB
12-7pm
***at the boat; at 6:30 we will ride together to Grub at 338
Flushing. Grub is a lovely pay-what-you-wish dinner held every first
and third sunday of the month. We found our boat at Grub.
W H E R E I S T H E B O A T ?
If you are interested in checking out the vessel and/or trying out
the hammock, just come down to the Carroll Street bridge over the
canal during a Work Day and yell. It's just 4 blocks from the
Carroll stop on the F train. For directions by train:
www.hopstop.com. The bridge is at the intersection of Bond and Carroll.
We will be installing our own entrance from Carroll Street this
weekend. Our new address will be 401 Carroll Street.
S H I P ' S L O G
This section will contain updates on recent projects and status
reports of on-going missions and explorations. Check here to find
out the status of the webpage and what kind of heater we will
ultimately install.
WORK DAYS
More filth and baby steps toward freedom. Thanks for all the sweat
and beer!
A partial list from our guest book:
Mike House, Christian, Cindy V-B, Lynn Levy, GDM, Michael, Alex
Scrimgeour, Andy Baker, Aaron, Tianna Kennedy, Michael
McCanne?, Paula
Z, Gandy, Jeff Stark, James Hoff
WHAT WE DID (partial list)
**Split the electric line on land. We now have our own dedicated
outlet.
**Patched and fiberglassed over holes in roof and deck.
**Cleaned cleaned cleaned
**Liberated old heating elements from bilge
**Prepped heating elements for installation by cleaning and soldering
connections
**Started scraping old paint
UPCOMING PROJECTS
**Redesigning and installing roof deck and railing
**Creating a land entrance to the EV space including a metal gate, a
small garden and a floating dock with a suncatcher wall
**Installing heating elements in the main space
**Finding and installing a furnace and converting it to run on bio-
deisel
**Designing and coding the webpage at www.emptyvesselproject.org .
**Major fundraising mission
**A mural by Swoon at the Carroll Street entrance
W I S H L I S T
We are creating a practice of re-use and salvage. We would like to
give your old materials new life. Specifically, we are looking for:
**furnace (from the street?)
**water tanks
**fuel tank
**scrap steel (for building a gate from Carroll Street)
**mismatched windows (preferably double paned)
**insulation
**tools
**boat repair supplies (fiberglass, bilge cleaner, etc.)
**boat accessories (tie lines, cleats, automatic bilge or sump
pumps, marine electric lines)
**a lead on used french fry oil
**a sound system (PA and speakers or just your old stereo)
**solar panels
**batteries
**plumbing supplies
**a small row or motor boat
**a dock or dock building materials (50 gallon drums and wooden planks)
We will haul away any material contributions. Please forward widely.
Contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org to donate.
F U N D R A I S I N G
The Twilight Dance Party last Saturday was a backyard full of bodies
shaking, twisting and gyrating. We raised $330. Thanks to everyone!
We are starting a $10,000. fundraising campaign to get the EVP
through the winter. We will be applying for a Brooklyn Arts Council
grant and a community grant from Leow's. We are seeking other
sources of official funding as well.
In addition, we are looking for individual donors to keep this
project afloat. If you have any suggestions or at interested in
contributing, please contact
tk@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org .
H I S T O R Y
EV was built by the United States Navy in Miami in 1943. She served
in World War Two as an Air to Sea Rescue (ASR) boat. The Army built
about 700 of these boats during the war. Many served as rescue
boats, while others collected information and provided radio
interference during important actions. We working on finding out
where EV was during the war.
When she was documented in 1964 as a ferry, she had had her name
changed to POINT O WOODS V. She was operated for some 20 years by
the Bay Point Nasvigation Corp in upsate New York.
She shows up again in the official record in 1989 as KOKOMOKKO for
Randall G. Clevenger, whose address had been 701 Minneford Ave, Bronx
NY 10464 at that time.
As KOKOMOKKO, EV was a houseboat in the Bronx until 2003. Before
that winter started, her owners had turned here around so that the
stern faced upstream. She went under water after being struck by a
sheet of ice. Her owners abandoned her after this accident.
The owner of the marina where EV was docked, a lovely old French man
named Francios, ran her ashore at low tide, patched her and put her
back in the water. He tried to sell her. Then he tried to give her
away. By the time that word of this boat had reached us in Brooklyn,
the owner of the marina had made plans to demolish her and send her
to a landfill in pieces. She was rescued just in time and brought to
the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.
Coming soon: The journey from the Bronx.
H E R O E S
This week's heroes:
**Thanks to the Paris 1968 Riot Reenactment for making mayhem and
bringing it to our party. Bedford Ave was truly transformed!
**Thanks to Steven, Ed and Brooke for allowing us to use their home
to host the Twilight Dance Party.
**Thanks to the Front Room Gallery and DJ Olive for loaning us a PA
and speakers for the Twilight Dance Party.
**DJs Dirty Fingers, Porkchop and northguineahills - you made us all
groove-y.
**Thanks to Cindy Vanden Bosch for organizing our fundraising efforts.
**Thanks to the Madagascar Institute for sharing their pool of
donations and tools. They deserve a Great Neighbor Award.
**Thanks to Michael for setting up server space for the Twiki.
**Thanks to Ed for arranging our connection with Francios in the
Bronx and generously donating his time to help us bring the boat to
Brooklyn.
**Thanks again to Fictional Company for providing us with pro-bono
internet hosting and these nifty email addresses. Their real address
is www.fictco.com.
A history of heroes:
Danny, GDM, Captain Jim
You are receiving this newsletter because you are involved in the
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PaulaZ - 05 Jun 2006
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