Can-struction

"Can" you imagine all the people that "can" be fed by people who donate cans of food for people.

Turns out that a lot of people can be fed by canned food. We went to Canstruction a the World Financial Center in Manhattan. The cost? A can of food.

Now,  please take a moment and instead of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, imagine these structures coming toward you and then thousands of hungry people swarming to get a can of food, smiling gratefully for the food they've been given . . . You really don't have to imagine that. I'll just imagine it.

Just prior to the swarming hungry people someone with a nice voice that you feel could be a good friend says, "Wow! Look at this--Breaking Dawn by National Repo Graphics.  This float (okay--I think I'm in the parade zone) has 1,700 cans of food and will feed 755 New Yorkers. Enjoy the protein rich legumes folks."

"Oh, and here we have the candles that are 'Shedding Lite on Hunger.' This display has 2,600 cans of food which will feed 2,090 New Yorkers. Good work, Leslie E. Roberts and Associates."

The Cantropolis is the home and working place of 3,725 cans which will feed 3,460-ish New Yorkers, thanks to the efforts of AECOM.









This is a unique one--unfortunately I am not sure how many people this will feed or how many cans it contains.  But it is rather fabulous, don't you think?

This one is called "Rise Against Hunger" it has 1,500 cans.  For some reason it reminds me of a Charles Schultz cartoon. It was done by Ferguson and Shamamian Architects, LLP.

"We CAN EnLIGHTen the World" by Severud Associates Consulting Engineers made me think of the torch held by the statue of Liberty--plus it is protein packed. It will feed 1,020 New Yorkers with its 2,410 cans.

CAN you believe it . . . yuck, yuck, yuck.

The Cangry Bird was a favorite among my children. It was from DeSimone Consulting Engineers, contained 3,500 cans  and will feed 1,570 people.