Risky Climate
Sometimes a High Rise Is Better Than a Park
The best thing New York and other cities can do for the climate is to let more people live there.
A 123-unit building is slated to be built on the site of what is now the Elizabeth Street Garden, a community garden on a roughly 1-acre lot owned by the city.
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Climate change is hitting home everywhere. Just in the last few weeks, extreme heat, floods, and fires have all come to look like part of the new abnormal, and few places are safe. New York is issuing air quality alerts because of wildfires some 3,000 miles west.