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Interesting proposal but would the wetlands be allowed to be developed? I'm sure many groups would fight a proposal to do this. It would allow substantial growth without displacement of current residents though. Interesting proposal and design though. You only see this in old world Europe so it would be interesting either way. What are your thought's on the design?
Interesting proposal but would the wetlands be allowed to be developed? I'm sure many groups would fight a proposal to do this. It would allow substantial growth without displacement of current residents though. Interesting proposal and design though. You only see this in old world Europe so it would be interesting either way. What are your thought's on the design?
Nice design, but its a pipe dream - eliminating 295 aint gonna happen.
Nice design, but its a pipe dream - eliminating 295 aint gonna happen.
Portland took out a riverfront expressway. Freeways can also be buried or capped. With all the redevelopment in Washington, it seems like the Anacostia waterfront is going to be ripe for rediscovery soon.
which is rather noisy to walk along. I'd surprised if it's worse than the East River, but that's a low standard.
What do you mean by noisy?
I guess I always thought the Charles was a pretty great city river. Of course, you complain about the East River but my city has the "best" worst river - Los Angeles River.
Wow the word "river" makes no sense to me anymore, typed it too many times.
I guess I always thought the Charles was a pretty great city river. Of course, you complain about the East River but my city has the "best" worst river - Los Angeles River.
The Charles is nice, but some spots are nearly adjacent to an arterial. Some spots are noiser than others. The bike/walking path on the Boston side of the river is well done. Definitely a great city spots, but not perfect.
The Los Angeles River might have competition for a "better" worst river. Marks the border between Brooklyn and Queens:
Channelization made it one of the most heavily used bodies of water in the Port of New York and New Jersey and thus one of the most polluted industrial sites in America, containing years of discarded toxins, an estimated 30 million US gallons (110,000 m3) of spilled oil, and raw sewage from New York City’s sewer system... Its outgoing flow of 14,000 million US gallons (53,000,000 m3)/year consists of combined sewer overflow, urban runoff, raw domestic sewage, and industrial wastewater. The creek is largely stagnant, one cause in the 15-foot-thick (4.6 m) layer of polluted “black mayonnaise” that has congealed on the creek bed
The Charles is nice, but some spots are nearly adjacent to an arterial. Some spots are noiser than others. The bike/walking path on the Boston side of the river is well done. Definitely a great city spots, but not perfect.
The Los Angeles River might have competition for a "better" worst river. Marks the border between Brooklyn and Queens:
Channelization made it one of the most heavily used bodies of water in the Port of New York and New Jersey and thus one of the most polluted industrial sites in America, containing years of discarded toxins, an estimated 30 million US gallons (110,000 m3) of spilled oil, and raw sewage from New York City’s sewer system.
the photo from the link has a strong industrial wasteland / concrete jungle look. Los Angeles River does look kinda similar in its wiki page.
Wooo that is pretty awful. The buildings built right up the edge of the "creek" make it that much worse. I think the LA River actually has some hope of turning back into somewhat of a natural river, there are lots and lots of plans to develop the LA River between Griffith Park and DTLA and places in the Valley.
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