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MandatoryDissent55 t1_jdqt76x wrote

It's still being resolved with a concrete wall and mounds that block the view of the river... And most of the park space will still be exposed to storm surges.

They didn't need to kill all of those plants and animals. This entire project is just a way to launder tax dollars to elites through construction companies.

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mowotlarx t1_jdqkzva wrote

It could not have just been resolved with a concrete wall along the water. Unless you and the other Manhattan NIMBYs would be happy with a 10 foot concrete barrier blocking the water view you feel so entitled to. I suspect you wouldn't be happy with that.

The funniest thing to me about the NIMBY response to the East Side Coastal Resiliency is this idea that we need to give a shit about trees that will be replanted. The trees will be DESTROYED by storm surge without the flood wall. These aren't "historical" trees in these parks. Wagner is only 30 years old. Almost all of the waterfront in lower Manhattan is man made, not natural habitat. We are 30 years past the stage of environmentalism where trees can save us. Climate change is already here.

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