In 1911, the civil engineer T. Kennard Thomson proposed opening up the Manhattan grid to hundreds of acres of new development by building “two parallel coffer dams… pumping out water, and filling in the channel below the southern tip of Manhattan.” | Viewing NYC

These Never-Built Designs Would Have Drastically Changed New York City

Back to Article

In 1911, the civil engineer T. Kennard Thomson proposed opening up the Manhattan grid to hundreds of acres of new development by building “two parallel coffer dams… pumping out water, and filling in the channel below the southern tip of Manhattan.”