Tag Archives: Hudson River

ARUP

By admin | Published: April 19, 2010
Recognizing the city’s capacity for change, ARUP developed a phased approach to bring our stormwater system from passive conveyance into active resource. Starting today, in “Phase 0”, the design rolls out on Chambers St. from Centre St. to Hudson River in lower Manhattan, through Phase 1:Porous City, Phase 2:Botanical City” and finally Phase 3:Shared City.
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Robin Key Landscape Architecture

By admin | Published: April 19, 2010
Robin Key Landscape Architecture selected Carmine Street as their Minds in the Gutter site for its historical hydrologic significance to the island of Manhattan. An overlay of a 1609 Townsend MacCoun map of Manhattan reveals Minetta Creek as it once flowed south and west along the modern day Carmine Street eventually entering a tidal wetland [...]
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