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Greenstreets

By admin | Published: April 19, 2010
Greenstreets is a citywide greening and urban beautification program created by New York City Department of Parks & Recreation that converts unused spaces within the right-of-way into small gardens. Several Greenstreets actively collect stormwater runoff while providing safe thoroughfare for pedestrians and improved urban habitat. This site, on Church Avenue in Brooklyn, contains a bioswale [...]
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Sang-ayunan

By admin | Published: April 19, 2010
Team Sang-ayunan, calls their design a “Curbolution”. They create a pedestrian-friendly new curb for Rockefeller Plaza that tucks a compact bioswale right into the gutter. Team Sang-ayunan are classmates from Cornell University.
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