Posted Jul 28, 2019, 2:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Crawford
"Every single other city in the history of planet Earth" has reclaimed vast new lands for development from the sea? 
It's essentially impossible in the U.S. The Army Corps of Engineers won't allow landfill, in most cases. NYC has explored a northward extension of Battery Park City, and there were 70's-era plans for a much bigger project on the East Side, and the Army Corps put the kibbosh before even the NIMBYs got involved. And then the giant Westway project, which would have moved Manhattan's Hudson River shoreline further west, with towers, parkland and an underground highway, was blocked by a judge in the early 80's.
Unless there are radical changes to regulatory frameworks, Manhattan will not grow substantially in our lifetimes. |
I can't think of any other city conforming the earth or sea to expand...this is ground breaking.
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