NYC Bike Move! (4:34)
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Inspired by a previous Streetfilm from Portland, Oregon, filmmaker Nicholas Whitaker decided to answer the challenge and bring you, Bike Move Too!
When his girlfriend Jes Schultz was priced out of her Fort Greene Brooklyn apartment, they decided to call a few friends with bikes and move her out, futon and all, to a new apartment in Crown Heights. This film illustrates how with a little ingenuity, determination, and friends, it can be done without creating a huge impact on your environment.
It also may be the first New York City bike move movie. (An hour scouring the web, calling friends, and searching YouTube tags turned up nothing in NYC.)
| Produced by: | Nicholas Whitaker |
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| Categories: | Brooklyn, Street Art/Theater, Bicycling, streetfilms |
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Okay, that totally ROCKS! We’ve had a lot of bike moves in Portland since Clarence’s video (which rocks), and it’s fantastic to see other cities doing it, and ESPECIALLY in New York. The record here in Portland is 27 people showing up and moving me from the suburbs back into Portland - 12.1 miles. I am totally hoping that someone, somewhere will show me up and move more, farther, with more people.
Go FOR it! You guys rock!
Comment by Matt Picio — February 21, 2008 @ 7:43 pm | Link
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Pingback by Art Blog » NYC Bike Move! — February 21, 2008 @ 9:38 pm | Link
Just to let you know bike moves does happen elsewhere. We in London, UK, did a move in December last year.
follow link to read all about it : http://extrapaddedshorts.blogspot.com/2007/12/moving-by-bike.html
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Comment by padded shorts — February 22, 2008 @ 11:20 am | Link
Great move paddedshorts!
Comment by Nicholas Whitaker — February 22, 2008 @ 12:54 pm | Link
When I was on-line I found all sorts of moves - Minneapolis, Colorado, many from Portland (including the one taped 4 years ago which is up on so many sites I have lost count) and some overseas. But none in NYC. So as I said, this might be the first on tape from NYC!
Comment by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. — February 22, 2008 @ 1:00 pm | Link
Happens all the time in India, espscially in smaller towns, but that’s because many are too poor to afford hiring trucks.
But we in Pune (population 3.5 million, area 450 sq Kilometers) are trying to improve bicycle infrastructure citywide so even people with cars and two wheelers would CHOOSE to bike for many more journeys, instead of contributing to clogging of streets and polluting our lungs and ruining the cityscape with horrible elevated roads and hijacking open areas for parking.
You guys are doing a great job with these films. Would like to add the link on our website which is now due for an upgrade.
Keep it up…more MAN power (and WOMAN power too!!!)
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Sujit
Comment by Sujit Patwardhan — February 22, 2008 @ 1:28 pm | Link
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Pingback by Living Round Up: Detox Your Home, Healthy Eating & More - Gaiam Experts Blog — February 22, 2008 @ 4:41 pm | Link
Bikes…
I came across this video of someone moving by bike in Brooklyn. It reminded me of this story on Afrigadget….
Trackback by In The Back Of Your Mind — February 23, 2008 @ 6:30 pm | Link
Great work
Exercise and reduced pollution…
Comment by Calvin — February 23, 2008 @ 7:22 pm | Link
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Pingback by SmarterFitter Blog » Blog Archive » Move across NYC by bicycle — February 25, 2008 @ 1:44 am | Link
Way to go, you two! I envy your motivation…
Comment by LL — February 25, 2008 @ 11:29 am | Link
[…] her rent was too high, decided to save money on the moving expenses by using bikes. Streetfilms shows what happens when you use two wheels instead of four. It’s all when and good if you have […]
Pingback by Moving From Fort Greene By Bike « General Greene — March 6, 2008 @ 12:28 pm | Link
Is that DN’s own Elizabeth Press?
Comment by miker — March 12, 2008 @ 2:33 pm | Link