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[WATCH] How Brooklyn's Revamped Waterfront is Changing NYC

2025-08-09T12:00:00-04:00

Over the last two decades, Brooklyn's waterfront has been transformed into one of New York City's most dynamic areas. Discover it on this tour with Scott Wooledge https://scottsnewyork.com/ @scottsnewyork

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Take a Sneak Peek Inside the Lowline Lab, NYC's First Underground Park

2016-10-06T11:32:51-04:00

The Lowline is a proposed Lower East Side underground park made possible through innovative solar tech developed in their Lowline Lab.

The Lowline Lab is a technical laboratory that mimics the environment of Lowline Park, a proposed underground community space built in a former trolley station. The concept behind the park is to create a green public space in one of the city’s least green and most dense neighborhoods – the Lower East Side.

Check out the accompanying article for more info on the Lowline Lab

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Kickstarting The Lowline's Underground Park

2015-06-12T14:59:19-04:00

Last year we reported the introduction of The Lowline, a Lower East Side underground park and the innovative solar tech that will complement it.

Now, The Lowline engineers are back with another Kickstarter to create a bigger and better solar lighting system, which is the spine of the project.

In order for the City to officially approve the project, we still have some big questions to answer. Will the solar tech work? Will plants really grow? Will it be a popular public space? To answer these questions, we're planning a long-term testing exhibition called the Lowline Lab, and we need $200,000 to build it. We've rented out a former market building, just a couple blocks from the future Lowline site, and are ready to go.

The video highlights the aspirations behind the program; and, with the help of financial contributions, the plan to test technology and design performance as well as the community value of the future park.

You can take part in this enriching project that will make the City home of the first sustainable underground park by visiting The Lowline’s Kickstarter page and making a donation.

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Fantastic Film Highlights the Metamorphosis of Pedestrian Plazas and Streets Over the Past Decade

2015-03-25T16:35:19-04:00

NYC Streets Metamorphosis is a very interesting short film made by Streetfilms.org that exposes some of the key differences in the City's most trafficked plazas and streets over the past 10 years. Pedestrian safety has been a top priority for both the Bloomberg and de Blasio administrations. While most of the changes highlighted in this film show Bloomberg's work, de Blasio and his Vision Zero initiative are trying to keep the ball rolling.

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