03 October 2011

Covering Up ~ Greenroofs On Rails, Roads, Plus

Bridgette Meinhold from Inhabitat spots a Green-Roofed Urban Park Atop a Railway Deck in Munich... This got me thinking about other examples of resurfacing our 'ways. Here's Harvard's somewhat delayed 2050 plan for their Allston campus including depressing Storrow Drive near HBS... Plus I've pointed at Habitat Highways earlier... And here's Critter Crossings... There's far more to be done, though, and many opportunities for further reclaiming space from 'ways and for covering up parking lots, such as here the beautiful Post Office Square... And here's the epic Kaiser parking structure roof garden...

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