A wild idea, but very interesting imagining the possibilities... only in NY.
http://www.evolo.us/competition/new-york-horizon/
http://www.evolo.us/competition/new-york-horizon/
Yeah interesting idea. I'm sure it would be an even bigger draw for tourists, although it would be very expensive and reduce the amount of usable park land for people that live there. Didn't their subway system flood recently during big storms?
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Seems like a pretty terrible idea at odds with the Olmsted plan and the Mannahatta Project's efforts to restore ecological communities. I am sure it would also fill up with water and require a vast system of pumps completely unable to keep things from being soggy all the time.
A Sunken Skyscraper in Central Park Is the Worst Idea in History - CityLab
This idea is impossible. It isn’t a good idea to tear up Central Park. That’s a bad idea. That’s an immoral idea. Or it would be an immoral idea, if it were a serious proposal, but it is not. It is deeply unserious. But that isn’t the problem, really. The problem is Contestism.
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I don't think that's what the Manhattan Project's goal was in the slightest. Quite the contrary, Oppenheimer & Fermi were helping to destroy ecology.CarexCurator wrote:Seems like a pretty terrible idea at odds with the Olmsted plan and the Mannahatta Project's efforts to restore ecological communities. I am sure it would also fill up with water and require a vast system of pumps completely unable to keep things from being soggy all the time.
Yeah, this concept is so far removed from any sense of possibility that I just don't see how it was named the winner. Guess you'd have to read the competition rules.
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Was that a joke?ricke002 wrote:I don't think that's what the Manhattan Project's goal was in the slightest. Quite the contrary, Oppenheimer & Fermi were helping to destroy ecology.CarexCurator wrote:Seems like a pretty terrible idea at odds with the Olmsted plan and the Mannahatta Project's efforts to restore ecological communities. I am sure it would also fill up with water and require a vast system of pumps completely unable to keep things from being soggy all the time.
Start here: https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_sanderso ... anguage=en
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Only sort of.CarexCurator wrote:Was that a joke?ricke002 wrote:I don't think that's what the Manhattan Project's goal was in the slightest. Quite the contrary, Oppenheimer & Fermi were helping to destroy ecology.CarexCurator wrote:Seems like a pretty terrible idea at odds with the Olmsted plan and the Mannahatta Project's efforts to restore ecological communities. I am sure it would also fill up with water and require a vast system of pumps completely unable to keep things from being soggy all the time.
Start here: https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_sanderso ... anguage=en
YOU start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
You guys do realize that The Manhattan Project and The Mannahatta Project are two completely different things, right?
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I just don't think Curex was on board with my sarcasm/vained ignoraceframer wrote:You guys do realize that The Manhattan Project and The Mannahatta Project are two completely different things, right?
LOL!ricke002 wrote:I don't think that's what the Manhattan Project's goal was in the slightest. Quite the contrary, Oppenheimer & Fermi were helping to destroy ecology.CarexCurator wrote:Seems like a pretty terrible idea at odds with the Olmsted plan and the Mannahatta Project's efforts to restore ecological communities. I am sure it would also fill up with water and require a vast system of pumps completely unable to keep things from being soggy all the time.
come on people, these are just pie-in-the-sky ideas to give others meat to chew on in the future. i was reading over that link someone supplied above where the author is complaining about the immorality of the idea. really? yes, you have to read over these ideas with a grain of salt, but i appreciate the vision that some of these proposals have.
i love the idea of making the walls of the sunken park into a below ground skyscraper... with views of mountains no less!
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yes, you have to read over these ideas with a grain of salt, but i appreciate the vision that some of these proposals have. i love the idea of making the walls of the sunken park into a below ground skyscraper... with views of mountains no less!
