Comments on: Changes to east river park renovation have residents up in arms https://pavementpieces.com/changes-to-east-river-park-renovation-have-residents-up-in-arms/ From New York to the Nation Fri, 29 Mar 2019 22:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mizmo https://pavementpieces.com/changes-to-east-river-park-renovation-have-residents-up-in-arms/comment-page-1/#comment-55542 Sat, 16 Feb 2019 04:28:16 +0000 https://pavementpieces.com/?p=19000#comment-55542 > don’t get it. Manhattan is an island so if the water rises and is blocked by the park, won’t it still get in through another way?
The west side was hit also and many parts were underwater and that area is all flat.

Why not build a retractable segmented walls around the sides of the lower part of Manhattan.
It would be submerged and sections of it can be raised when a storm is detected.

]]> By: Christine Tripi https://pavementpieces.com/changes-to-east-river-park-renovation-have-residents-up-in-arms/comment-page-1/#comment-55517 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 03:57:15 +0000 https://pavementpieces.com/?p=19000#comment-55517 Very informative and well written. So sad that the city has done such a 180 on this issue.

]]> By: Jennifer Morales-Mercado https://pavementpieces.com/changes-to-east-river-park-renovation-have-residents-up-in-arms/comment-page-1/#comment-55477 Wed, 13 Feb 2019 19:16:00 +0000 https://pavementpieces.com/?p=19000#comment-55477 Thank you Samantha for bringing much needed attention to this issue!

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