Day: October 5, 2015

Sandy Related

Alexandros Washburn, Red Hook’s resiliency expert, by Halley Bondy

When Sandy’s historic surge hit Red Hook three years ago, Alexandros Washburn stayed put in his Van Brunt Street row house. He didn’t stay because of blind pride or a delusion of safety. Rather, he stayed to learn. As he watched the storm leak through his roof and flood his ground floor with three feet of filthy water, he took note […]