This article is a bit old, but it so beautifully captured what New York City could be that we felt we had to share. Kevin Short, a journalist from Huffington Post, imagined a “totally green” NYC and here’s what he came up with:
Green roofs would cover every Manhattan rooftop
City blocked courtyards would be surrounded by “food towers,” in which crops would grow and livestock could roam. Variations of food towers would also be placed on top of train tracks so that food could be directly transferred to trains and transported.
Transportation would be modified and optimized to decrease dependence on cars and taxis.
There would be a push in education in which urban youth would be exposed to the concepts of green building and sustainability from an early age.
Check out the details, as well as some of the gorgeous renderings here.