{"id":147,"date":"2011-09-06T14:32:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T14:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collab.scrapyardchallenge.com\/?p=147"},"modified":"2011-09-06T14:32:54","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T14:32:54","slug":"scavenging-adventures-epi-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.collab.scrapyardchallenge.com\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"Scavenging Adventures Epi 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I had the opportunity to explore two areas of Manhattan, the Upper West and K-Town<\/strong>, as I had to move twice within a week (urgh). I went scavenging alone (in daytime) the first round and my housemate wanted to join the second time (at night).<\/p>\n

1) Upper West
\n<\/strong>\"\"<\/a>Prior to moving into my permanent long-term apartment I lived in a hotel apartment. I sat out for a stroll rather than a serious scavenge to bring something home, as I will be moving again very shortly. So I went for a nice long morning walk at 8am around my hotel just to see what people might throw out. It turned out that residents in the area were very giving and threw out perfectly functional & near perfect (big pieces of) furniture. Not much electronics though. I was tempted to take several pieces only if I had a trolley.
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\nGarbage Truck Collection: Tues, Thurs & Sat<\/em>
\n Exploration Hours: Wed 8 \u2013 10 pm<\/em>
\n Exploration Field: See Map<\/em>
\n Mostly Dumped: Furniture & general garbage<\/em>
\n Game: Nada<\/em><\/p>\n

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2) K-Town
\n<\/strong>\"\"<\/a>I was finally moved into my permanent pad on Thursday and went for a serious run on Friday. I was hoping to find something to bring to class as well as for our new apartment. I was a little disappointed at the variety of waste on the streets but I assume it had a lot to do with the time we went & it wasn\u2019t much of a residential area. \u00a0We were actually \u201cracing\u201d against a couple of garbage trucks at the time. I did however manage to score a fully intact PC outside of a hotel.<\/p>\n

Garbage Truck Collection: Mon, Wed & Fri
\nExploration Hours: Friday night
\nExploration Field: See Map
\nMostly Dumped: Cardboard boxes & general garbage
\nGame: Old PC (HP Pavilion 750n) & huge whiteboard<\/p>\n

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3) Surprise Find \u2013 The Basement<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>Whilst disposing my Ikea boxes I found this little slice of heaven right down the basement of my apartment. The basement was a wealth of recyclables. There were all sorts of goodies and they were sorted and had a designated area. It\u2019s definitely going on my list of mandatory visits on trash runs.<\/p>\n

There was an old HP printer but we had to get permission from the management to take that so didn’t bother.<\/p>\n

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\"\" \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/a>\"\"<\/a>
\nOur arch rivals\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 First attemp in taking a computer apart<\/p>\n\n\t\t