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Red Hook Resiliency Expert Stays Put After Sandy
Alexandros Washburn, former NYC chief urban designer and current CRUX director at Stevens, survived Sandy in Red Hook to study the flood's effects. He argues FEMA style floodproofing harms street culture, advocates community scale resilience, and remains in a limbo basement while his upstairs is livable.
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