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    In East Harlem one Sunday out of every month, a group of people meet with the intention of bringing objects back to life. In El Barrio Artspace PS109, a project has transformed an abandoned school into an art center in which several tables have been set up in a simulation of an operating room. Only here, the surgeons are repair experts. Jorge Ramírez and his daughter Jorgette Mariñez come one day in March in the hopes of fixing an electric kettle that has simply decided to stop working.Seguir le
     
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New York’s response to throwaway culture

✇El País in English
By: Sophia Castillo
14 June 2026 at 04:00
Salceda teaches neighbors in New York to repair garments.

In East Harlem one Sunday out of every month, a group of people meet with the intention of bringing objects back to life. In El Barrio Artspace PS109, a project has transformed an abandoned school into an art center in which several tables have been set up in a simulation of an operating room. Only here, the surgeons are repair experts. Jorge Ramírez and his daughter Jorgette Mariñez come one day in March in the hopes of fixing an electric kettle that has simply decided to stop working.

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Kenneth Mah does repair work at the New York workshop.Salceda administers her project in New York’s El Barrio Artspace.Among the household appliances that are most often brought in for repair are coffeemakers and fans.
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