{"id":86,"date":"2014-12-12T14:20:37","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T19:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/oakwood-beach-returns-to-the-wild\/"},"modified":"2015-10-28T16:07:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T20:07:43","slug":"oakwood-beach-returns-to-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/oakwood-beach-returns-to-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakwood Beach Returns To The Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Allison Ye, Sagar Mohite, Salem Al-Mansoori, Ainsley O&#8217;Connell, Kate Godwin, Haylee Hongeun Jung<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Two Years After Hurricane Sandy, Oakwood Beach in Staten Island Returns To The Wild.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/frj-sandy.heroku.com\">http:\/\/frj-sandy.heroku.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-86 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/12\/1417734621_frjsandylogo.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/12\/1417734621_frjsandylogo-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"oakwood beach aerial\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/12\/1417734621_frjsandylogo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/shows\/winter2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2014\/12\/1417734621_frjsandylogo.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Description<\/h3>\n<p>At its peak, Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, spanned over 1,150 miles &#8211; roughly the driving distance between New York and Miami. As it began nearing the coastline, pouring down rain and rattling windows, schools closed, public transit shut down, and flood-zone residents evacuated their homes. The full force of the storm hit New York City on October 29, 2012, with winds gusting to 80 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Oakwood Beach, a low-lying hamlet on the south shore of Staten Island, was no match for the superstorm. By the time the winds and waters receded, leaving mud-filled homes in their wake, three residents were dead. Dozens more would be homeless for months.<\/p>\n<p>During the year that followed, some residents chose to return and rebuild. But now, two years since the storm, the state is in the midst of implementing a buy-out program designed to convince all residents to leave their homes. Officials have closed on 276 buy-out sales in Oakwood Beach and two nearby towns, at a cost of $112 million; another 200 applications are pending.<\/p>\n<p>In Oakwood Beach, once an oceanfront sanctuary for working class families, just a handful of stubborn holdouts remain. They live among empty lots and boarded windows; 47 neighborhood houses have already been demolished.<\/p>\n<p>We visited Oakwood Beach around Sandy&rsquo;s anniversary to talk to the remaining residents. They are surrounded: by nature, as animals and wetlands reclaim the land, and by government, as officials prepare for a world in which Oakwood Beach no longer exists. For now, the town sits in limbo.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers will interact with this piece via leap motion.<\/p>\n<h3>Classes<\/h3>\n<p>Flying Robotic Journalism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allison Ye, Sagar Mohite, Salem Al-Mansoori, Ainsley O&#8217;Connell, Kate Godwin, Haylee Hongeun Jung Two Years After Hurricane Sandy, Oakwood Beach in Staten Island Returns To The Wild. http:\/\/frj-sandy.heroku.com Description At its peak, Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, spanned over 1,150 miles &#8211; roughly the driving distance between New York and Miami. 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