Magic Fire Hydrant

Gowanus tides

"Stormwater Infrastructure Matters (S.W.I.M.) is a coalition dedicated to ensuring swimmable waters around New York City through natural, sustainable stormwater management practices in our neighborhoods."

"Map showing the original high and low grounds, salt marsh and shore lines in the city of Brooklyn: from original government surveys made in 1776-7." Map to accompany the Health Dept Report of 1876, which I salivate to acquire.

on Norman Kill, lost creek that fed Bushwick Inlet

lost history of Gerritsen Creek, Brooklyn

"dedicated to revitalizing, restoring and revealing Newtown Creek."

Solnit speaking truth: "California is rich. Even in the midst of a drought, we have lots of water, and in the midst of a recession, we have lots of money. The problem is one of distribution, not of actual scarcity."

Hoe hoog is de Oostvaardersdijk-Noord?
Hoogte nu: gemiddeld 2,8m +NAP

series of conferences around Dutch planning/design/water management techniques and New Orleans.

nice little exposition of dutch relationship to water, NAP, etc

dutch wikipedia article on normaal amsterdams peil

Installation at the NAP point in Amsterdam. Tubes show the current sea levels and the high mark of the 1953 floods.

The Dutch reference water levels based on a (now) arbitrary standard in Amsterdam. It's all complicated by the fact that most of the Netherlands is sinking at the rate of 2mm a year.

"Waterstudio.NL is specialized in architecture and cityplanning related to living, working and recreation on water."

canal across NJ, 1831-1924

"While the stockyards are gone, Bubbly Creek remains in its contaminated state. Accumulated sediments fill most of the channel and continue to produce gases, which foul the air and contribute to global warming. The headwaters of the creek are no longer the drainages of the two small tributary swales but, rather, a combined sewer pumping station.
Today, Bubbly Creek is an opportunity, not the monstrous liability made famous by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. The creek could support a new kind of urban environment, one that brings beauty and wildlife into the city, provides high quality recreational opportunities, encourages and maintains economic development, and safely processes urban stormwater. Rehabilitation of Bubbly Creek is long overdue."

"[T]his is not some minor navigational challenge, like shooting rapids in an aircraft carrier. This is the Atchafalaya River."

bump-out based stormwater-management

"i'm too sad too tell you" is a wonderful work.

7 reasons to like grasscrete. SPOILERS: #7 is the best!

Thought for sure I bookmarked this in July. Anyway, the floating pool rules.

"sustainable urban farm [on a barge] powered by solar, wind, and biofuels, and irrigated by rainwater and purified river water."

Whale visits Gowanus, dies. I've started on Moby-Dick II: Return to Brooklyn...

'Dr. Seager said that it was “silly” to put golf courses in the region’s desert areas.' prediction: Populations of AZ & NV begin to drop by 50 years from now.

Chris Burden/Fiona Banner

website coming soon. (note: in flushing, not for hipsters.)

aka Deep Tunnel

intrigue on the high seas of oceanographic mapmaking

Maps of states superimposed on watersheds: great

A little scary in the long-term; great map of East Branch Delaware (02040102) and Croton (02030101) watersheds. (#s thnx to next link)

"On 4 June 1944, United States Navy Task Group 22.3 captured U-505, the first time a US Navy vessel had captured an enemy at sea since 1815." Currently at Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago