Did you ever visit any of the parks along the East River before this trip? They were very green, filled with trees, and had plenty of public use space (including the amphitheater) before this "renovation". This is a very weird take.
We can agree to disagree whether the new park is better or worse than the old one - that comes down mostly to subjective opinions. The fact is the City has to act to prevent flooding in the area occurring again when the next storm hits. They had a range of options and there was no guarantee that the renovated waterfront would look like it does today!
My intention here was to highlight what they did with the parks given the necessity of improving climate resiliency.
Did you ever visit any of the parks along the East River before this trip? They were very green, filled with trees, and had plenty of public use space (including the amphitheater) before this "renovation". This is a very weird take.
We can agree to disagree whether the new park is better or worse than the old one - that comes down mostly to subjective opinions. The fact is the City has to act to prevent flooding in the area occurring again when the next storm hits. They had a range of options and there was no guarantee that the renovated waterfront would look like it does today!
My intention here was to highlight what they did with the parks given the necessity of improving climate resiliency.