With an astounding 520 miles of waterfront, New York City has lots of shoreline — and lots of opportunity for flooding as sea levels rise.
That’s why today’s forward-thinking developers and designers are creating ambitious, sustainable waterfront projects that feature natural areas, flood breaks, sea walls, esplanades, parks and piers — measures that protect the city and its water views.
One of the most ambitious projects underway is the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency Project — a $500 million ring of resiliency proposed for the tip of Manhattan.
Part of the effort includes the already approved $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency Project that will raise waterfront esplanades, plant 2,000 trees and create flood berms, said Kai-Uwe Bergmann of the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), which designed the ring.