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NY 1: A new plan to prevent flooding in Lower Manhattan is not going over well with some residents.  They voiced their concerns at a community meeting Thursday night.  The revised $1.4 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency Project would raise the area from East 13th Street to Montgomery Street by eight to 10 inches. The East

The East Village Patch: EAST VILLAGE, NY — The city recently announced major changes to a 2.4-mile flood barrier designed to prevent the Lower East Side from inundating with water during severe storms. The barrier is part of the city’s East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, which stretches from Montgomery Street up to E. 25th Street, with a

The Architect’s Newspaper: Manhattan’s East River Park is expected to receive a massive facelift—and sooner than expected. Last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration announced an update to nearly 70 percent of the design for the long-awaited East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR). The new $1.45-billion-plan will not only speed up the construction process and shift heavy construction work away from

6Sqft: In July, the city released an RFP for a stewardship partner for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR), a  reconstruction of the 64-acre, 1.5-mile East River Park, a flood protection system conceived in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. ESCR is the first of three phases in Bjarke Ingels’ Big U, a series of self-sufficient flood zones stretching from West 57th to

Crain’s New York Business: The de Blasio administration on Friday announced major changes to a 2.4-mile barrier designed to protect the Lower East Side from floods. The revision calls for jacking up portions of East River Park to protect it from storm surges and condensing the construction time line to ensure that the city qualifies for