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fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

In Toronto, a polluted industrial wasteland is now a beautiful park

"It's incredibly transformed," says Emily Mueller De Celis, a landscape architect at the firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, which won a competition to "renaturalize" the area in 2007. "Rather than walking around in and amongst oil refineries and other industry, now you are immersed in nature, walking along the banks of a river with spectacular views back to the city."
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fromSan Jose Spotlight
2 weeks ago

Santos: South Bay shoreline project hits milestone - San Jose Spotlight

Two miles of new levees now protect Alviso and North San Jose from flooding and sea level rise, strengthening community resilience and safety.
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fromMiami Herald
3 months ago

Raze or save? A fight over fate of home in flood-prone South Beach historic district

Historic preservation and flood protection conflict in South Florida over a 1930s house in a flood-prone area.
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fromIndependent
3 months ago

'You can't have businesses left so vulnerable to disasters' - Cork salon owners plead for flood defence scheme

HS2 beauty salon in Midleton suffered €250,000 damage from Storm Babet flooding.
New York City
fromsilive
3 months ago

'It's become a big city': NYC engineer reflects on decades-long work helping Staten Island

A new $84 million project on Staten Island aims to protect coastal areas from flooding through improved stormwater drainage.
Upper West Side
fromGothamist
4 months ago

Section of East River Park reopens after being lifted to fight floods

The East River Park has reopened as part of a $1.5 billion flood protection project for Manhattan.
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fromsubscriber.politicopro.com
5 months ago

New Hospitals, Schools and Apartments Will Have to Meet Stronger Building Codes for Flooding

New building codes require hospitals and schools to have stronger flood protection.
The International Code Council has approved major revisions to flood safety standards for construction.
Renovation
fromFuturism
6 months ago

Brothers Build Clever System to Keep Their Family Home Dry While Everything Around It Floods

The Humphrey brothers constructed levees to protect their home from severe flooding during a catastrophic storm in Tennessee.
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