Inside Third & Bond: Week 149

The Third & Bond bloggers return from hibernation this week…Come on over to Third + Bond this Saturday (10am-6pm) for a green block party! There will be over 50 vendors with hands-on displays, over a dozen tours of nearby buildings and green roofs, and a bunch of activities for the kids. The NEW New York: GreenHomeNYC’s Green Block Party is being produced by the all-volunteer non-profit, GreenHomeNYC.

We are delighted to be an anchor for this free, fun-filled event. We love opportunities to bring people to our front door even if they don’t step foot inside. Bonus if they like green buildings and are likely to already live in brownstone Brooklyn! They’ll see how easy it is to get here and how gorgeous the building looks. Looks so gorgeous in fact that after riding her bicycle past, Gita Nandan, spearhead of the event and GreenHomeNYC board member, approached us about hosting. She had been looking at sites in Manhattan for the event but it was difficult to find one that worked. It was critical to be in the street, rather than a park, and to have nearby green buildings to feature. Third Street between Bond and Hoyt worked on every level. Even better, Alison is a GreenHomeNYC board member so Gita knew she had an advocate on the inside.

So, whether you’ve strolled by to check out our façade in person, sniffed around during an open house, or haven’t been by at all, you should come on over on Saturday. The weather forecast is mostly sunny with highs in the 60s. What better to do than hang around outside learning how to install and plant a green roof, tagging-along on an energy audit of a 100+ year old building, learning how to harvest rainwater, and even tour, that’s right, Third + Bond with a talk on sustainable furnishing by Pratt designers! There will be kid-friendly activities like solar car building and racing with SolarOne and crafting from old bike parts with Recycle-A-Bicycle which is also providing free bike valet.

There won’t be any tube socks or tie-dyed garments for sale but you can learn about NYC-based Green Depot’s new green cleaning products recently launched at Target stores, or talk to the guys at Foro Marble who provided the countertops for Third + Bond.
There will be food vendors like the Red Hook Lobster Pound, Rice and Blue Bottle. You can even drop off your old electronics, clothing or bikes for donation.

And you won’t want to miss the triumphant return of ‘The Jerko, the Gowanus Water Vacuum’ super-eco houseboat as it pulls into port at 2nd St after its maiden voyage on the canal. The Jerko’s captain will phone his personal brass band as he approaches the Third Street bridge so it can march down to greet him. Seriously.

It’ll be hard to top this event, marketing-wise. C’mon, a houseboat, brass band, and bike valet?? We might need to scale back to something a little simpler. Like shaving our logo into the neighborhood dogs. Here Fido!

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