Salvaged scaffolding planks (6/4 x 9″ x 10′) are made from a mix of Hemlock, Spruce and Fir. The reclaimed material here, sourced at the Henry David Thoreau School in Queens, was part of a design for the Pier 57 art installation.
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Sawkill Drawn into the New Yorker
Ben McGrath at the New Yorker mag covered post-Sandy salvage work at Rockaway Beach in the Talk of the Town section- June 7th issue. It’s a whimsical exchange with Bo Bricklemeyer (FEMA), Rion LoBrutto (NYC Office of Emergency Management) and Jordan Smith (NYC Parks Dept.) at a remote backwoods site, where a mile of the boardwalks tropical timbers and decking are now stored. Sawkill along with associated Armster Reclaimed Lumber Co. were contracted to dismantling some hazardous sections of elevated boardwalk near comfort stations and to pick through the debris piles at Riis Park – the temporary and sprawling dump area for hurricane refuse. Sawkill doesn’t appear in the text – only the drawing – where burly workers tote 150 lb tropical timbers.
12 x 12 work by Bellboy on cover of American Craft Magazine
Congratulations to Mat Driscoll (aka Bellboy) – with his ‘Water Tower Chair’ chosen as a pre-emminent work of furniture design, featured on the May 2013 cover of American Craft magazine. Produced from the salvaged Redwood of a Park Ave., NYC water tower, it was created for the 12 X 12 furniture exhibit at Wanted Design during the Spring 2012 Design Week. The event – promoting modern sustainable design and collaboration – was co-sponsored by Sawkill Lumber Co., Build-It-Green and 3rd Ward with proceeds to benefit wood shop job training in NYC through the non-profit Brooklyn Woods. More info at www.12x12nyc.com.
River House by BWA | Coxsackie, New York
Basil Walter Architects was asked to design a modern residence on a 90-acre farm in upstate New York,one that would feel connected to the landscape, and reflect the latest in green technology. One of the primary materials employed was a natural wood skin made from the tropical hardwoods of Northeast boardwalks, supplied by Sawkill Lumber Co. The house is adjacent to the Hudson River with a spectacular view. Other sustainable elements include geothermal wells around the site, and photovoltaic solar panels on the roof.
Ideas City Festival ’13
Sawkill Lumber joined with Brooklyn Woods at the IDEAS CITY street fest, organized by the New Museum on the Bowery. The event explored the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture are essential to a cities vitality, making them better places to live, work, and play. This year’s theme hit on reclaimed lumber directly – called Untapped Capital, participants focused on resources that are under-recognized or underutilized in our cities.
Post Hurricane Salvage Work
The sections dismantled by Armster and Sawkill were originally slated for demolition and landfill, before FEMA, NYC Office of Emergency Management(NYC OEM, U.S. Army Cor and NYC Parks determined to salvage the tropical hardwoods.
