Imagining the Lowline

For the past couple of weeks the Lower East Side has been a buzz about the Lowline!  A couple of very cool LES architects discovered that there's a huge abandoned trolley turnaround station under Delancey Street.  They thought it would do the neighborhood good to build and underground park in there - and I do agree!  The architects created a new solar technology that would help foliage grow underground and it's quite stunning.  Imagining the Lowline is an exhibit to help them gain patronage and interest and I hope it worked.

  To have a park under the street that I live on that I can go to year round, regardless of weather, is pretty freaking awesome.  The idea of utilizing underground space for such innovations really opens the mind to all sorts of crazy ideas.  Rachel and I also enjoyed the Star Trek quality of it as well.  Rachel has decided to sign up for the first space biosphere project (given that there is internet in space) and I have decided to stay here and see what new innovations pop up in NYC.

For more information about the Lowline, visiting their website thelowline.org