NYCkayaker year 2106 after the ice caps melt and we are flooded

[mike]

http://polisnyc.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/new-york-2106/

 

Overview

What skyscrapers were to New York City in the twentieth century, vanes
are in the twenty-second. Through the use of this new type of mixed-use
building, the city has begun its recovery from flooding caused by the
loss of the Earth's polar ice caps. When sea levels climbed, millions of
gallons of water poured into Manhattan's low-lying neighborhoods. With
the city starved for square-footage, architects built directly upon the
flooded public streets. Vanes feather upwards and outwards through the
streets of the Inundation Zones, creating homes, offices and shopping
arcades but also parks and gardens. Their thinness promotes daylight and
affords natural ventilation. Pier-like in form, vanes grant the city a
dynamic relationship both with the riverfront and the luminous
evaporation towers nearby. From airships overhead, vanes look as if New
York's grid of streets has taken on a life of its own, making the city,
in 2106, more like itself than ever before.

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