new subway grates add aesthetics to flood protection
The waves poured again on the Hillside Avenue in Queens.
This time, design is very important.
In order to prevent the catastrophic flooding that caused the subway system to collapse in August.
2007, the Metropolitan is the largest traffic authority that has begun to install elevated sidewalk grilles along the Hillside Avenue, from 140 seconds to 170 seconds, which has been considered as seconds, which has been considered to have been
Easy to appear in the system.
Made of hammered stainless steel with three different heights, they are almost the shape of carved ups and downs, which is swimming an intentional reference to the problem they should help solve.
\"You know it\'s for the rain,\" says Rob Rogers, whose firm, Rogers Marvel Architects, worked with Di Domenico & Partners to design the new grates.
\"It has a teaching purpose.
\"You don\'t want to put anything on the street if it\'s not convincing,\" said Mr. Rogers said.
The prototype displayed on Friday at the corner of Sufen Avenue in Jamaica is made up of one unit at each height, and when combined, the unit forms a whole.
They can also be used individually or in pairs.
The lowest unit will block the flood 6 inch above the sidewalk with a seat.
But the slight trough between the waves is not uncomfortable, and it can certainly serve as a temporary habitat for those waiting for the bus. As a flood-
Control device, the structure creates a protective ring or sleeve around the ventilation grille, usually set to be flush with the height of the sidewalk.
The idea is not to completely waterproof the platforms and tracks below, but to reduce the devastating waterfalls of water, silt, mud and debris.
This is not the first attempt at the elevated grille. (
An example of how not to do so can be found on the Hillside Avenue and 148 Street: the ruthless whole of reinforced concrete 2 feet tall and 35 feet long. )
It\'s worth noting that the new grates
At the insistence of Elliott G, respected designers have been involved in their creations since the beginning
Sander, executive director and chief executive officer of the transport authority, explained his motivation as aesthetics and pragmatism: aesthetics, because I personally care a lot about urban design, and I think as a manager of so many public spaces, it is our responsibility to create a public environment that is attractive to our citizens.
So from a pragmatic point of view, if you create street furniture that the public likes, not street furniture that the public doesn\'t want to see in front of their business establishment or house, this will obviously make a big difference.
This is a combination of the two.
I also think our own employees feel better about it.
For the record, Robert Chen, a clerk at Yin Cheng Restaurant, 146-
12 Hillside Avenue said he liked the new grate outside.
There are 1,212 grilles in the Hillside Avenue area.
Among them, 219 will be raised and 353 will not require ventilation and will be sealed leaving grates a horizontal and solid sidewalk. (The three-
In this count, the unit prototype is considered to be three grids. )
The rest are not affected.
John O\'Grady, an infrastructure and facilities project officer at the New York City Transportation Authority, said the transportation authority had set aside $30 million for all flood projects,, he can\'t say that the installation cost of Hillside Avenue is more than millions of dollars.
Plans for raised grilles in six other floods
Popular places in Queens and Manhattan.
Products designed for Manhattan street furniture by Grimshaw, Billings Jackson design and Systra Consulting are coming on the market.
The installation will be completed within 18 months.
Although the new grate is a dead star on Friday morning\'s show, Sir
Sander cited other measures taken by the authority to better deal with the storm: the installation of a Doppler radar screen at all agency operations centers, and the establishment of an agency-wide emergency center at 347 Madison Avenue, and plan to improve communication with customers.
\"I think it goes without saying what happened to Hurricane Hannah,\" he said . \" He noted that the F line extending along the Hillside Avenue was destroyed for about 15 minutes.
\"There is no doubt about this . \"
\"In grates the past, it was going to be outside for a few hours,\" said Sander.
\"Comments are no longer accepted.
For the homeless, it looks like a great place to camp!
For people like me who remember many devastating storms last summer, this is good news!
When you leave the house in the morning, \"Oh, it\'s raining and F may not be running, which is terrible.
\"I like the problem is actually solved on someone\'s radar. (
This is just another example of how Bloomberg works. )
I think skateboarding lovers will like these.
How does this deal with the garbage that blocks the drain between the rail lines of the subway station, isn\'t this an obstacle on the busy sidewalk?
Water is the most powerful force for urban residents, now rural residents.
I\'m playing in the mud now and have the water move off the slope behind my house.
This elevated grate looks like a good idea and is beautiful at the same time.
Thanks to the creators and the city for seeking to solve a serious, inconvenient and potentially dangerous problem.
What happens to the water?
Now we\'re drowning the streets? awesome.
It would be really cool if both homeless and skateboarders could use these sidewalk barriers (
Fine design though)
At the same time!
It would be a great street entertainment to watch the skiers jump on the rising wave grate to sleep the homeless.
I can imagine that these pool things will soon be broken, sunken, twisted and dangerous.
Have you heard of flat burning?
They are flat because they are safe.
Beautiful shape. .
Beautify the modern style of an ordinary block.
The only problem.
Raising the grilles will cause congestion on the sidewalks because you can\'t walk through them like old grilles;
They made the crowded sidewalk more crowded.
As good as they are, I think it would be better for pedestrians to raise the flat grille a little by about 6 inch and gently tilt the sidewalk to meet them so that pedestrians can still walk past them if necessary.
\". . . How does Bloomberg work? ? grates
These elevated vents have nothing to do with the Union.
Broke the mad self of Bloomberg.
It seems like a thoughtful design.
The small bench should block the use of skateboarders, and homeless people in winter will warm up at any vent anyway.
Reminds me of Guggenheim in Bilbao. Nice job!
Speaking of skateboarding (
And other easily falling)
The corners look dangerous.
Hey, maybe it will make people feel nostalgic about a dangerous New York City.
I agree with Jonathan.
These are not very friendly to walking traffic.
I also want to know why the solution has to be so complicated (and expensive).
Why not modify the existing grilles so that they can turn on the air and turn off the rain when necessary, like metal blinds?
Or, cheaper, just make a simple subway grate cover and pay for MTA staff when it rains.
It is true that these will hinder pedestrians, especially those in Manhattan, but definitely better than flooding the system (
Can also be used as a vehicle guardrail. )
However, a fully sealed grille will prevent air from entering and leaving the subway system (
Although it is mostly ineffective today due to the huge heat discharge of the new train. )
Infrastructure is collapsing in this country.
We need massive reconstruction.
On the contrary, all this money will avoid financial collapse . . . . . . Uh . . . . . . Protect the investment bankers who were grabbed at the time of the grab, and now they don\'t have to return anything).
The flood began.
These are also very attractive.
It\'s a shame to reduce the sidewalk space, but if it can keep the Metro running, I think it\'s a tolerable trade-off.
Maybe David Byrne can reach out at the subway vents to try. Great idea! Wow.
It looks terrible-shift solution.
Isn\'t anyone aware that these eyeshadows take up a lot of space?
I can\'t wait to get around these things.
What\'s going on with the small bench?
What is this for a person?
There was dirt and street people everywhere in that matter.
Sadly, another interesting story is blocked by a negative blog.
So far, we have released a group of people who are so sour.
As for Jonathan, these are on Hillsdale Avenue.
In Jamaica, Queens-at lunch time on Tuesday, the number of pedestrians on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was well below the level of people!
I think the design is interesting, stainless steel is combined with the new \"street furniture\" that Cemsa offers for newsstands, etc.
Hopefully this will be \"effective\", but if not-praise the MTA for trying to solve a very serious problem in a creative way.
Not all solutions are \"valid\", but nothing can be done if you don\'t try.
Oh, by the way, what is this poster James FM?
Shouldn\'t the hatred of the homeless be spread to tabloid websites?
It\'s like a nasty post about the doomed to be a homeless B & B at carvala Park.
Why do you allow this hatred of the few?
Lucky enough to post here?
Isn\'t this a hosting forum?
Elliott sand and Rogers Marvel offer a great solution.
Grates is a simple combination of attractive shapes and simple functions, as well as a combination-
Module ideas adapted to different sizes of vents.
It\'s interesting to see people suggest flat vents (
These are already there, not flood prevention)
Or rise to 6 inch (
There is no doubt that this will lead to numerous lawsuits against the city;
Why do they want this? ).
Paying the MTA staff to cover the vents during the flood can cost you a lot every year . . . . . . And will not prevent floods.
Not only will the \"Venetian blinds\" not be waterproof, but anything with movable parts will fail in a short period of time.
The problem is flooding and debris, not rain.
Just walk around the vents. It's that easy.
Of course, these are no more in the way than bus kiosks, fire hydrants or benches?
When I used Google maps to look around the area near Hillside Avenue and 148 Street, I saw a rectangular vertical concrete pipe that raised the ventilation grille of the subway.
I also saw the actual rain drain on the side of the road nearby.
I think the real rainwater drainage system and the supporting rainwater sewer are sometimes not enough, which will lead to flooding.
The elevated vents only intercept the rain in the area;
The Flushing vent is affected by all the rainwater collected in the surrounding area because the capacity of the rainwater drainage system is limited.
Depending on the proportion of the area, this difference may increase water by several orders of magnitude.
In my opinion, the subway is not a backup as a rain drain system.
I notice that the subtleties in architectural design are sometimes overlooked: the shallow dome on the ceiling of San Francisco Montgomery\'s BART station is completely blocked by a commercial building.
This is an intentional central gathering point, which is deliberately whispering like acoustic therapy.
Is it best for residents to accept higher, narrower vents disguised as kiosk sequences?
Labeling on concrete vents is a use of kiosks.
It\'s time to start wearing knee pads in town.
These things will hurt!
Besides, non-
Gary building?
It all began to feel very computer, not natural.
From the City Room in George, you should see the room we deleted.
We stop comments about hate and abuse.
Sometimes, if they slip away, they will be killed after the fact happens.
But not all negative comments fall into this category.
Comment 1 does not find us very annoying.
I can understand why you may not like or disagree with some of the comments you read, but that doesn\'t mean they are out of scope.
We believe in free expression and try to give broad freedom, as long as there are some simple rules to comment on things like the author follows about scolding people and naming names --calling.
In addition, we do not supervise opinions.
We also ask readers not to use off-
Complaining about the topic of moderation and comment.
We could have deleted your comments for these reasons, but made an exception.
More information and discussion about review is here:/city space. blogs. nytimes.
Com/2007/11/15/-top-10-reasons-we-deleted-your-
Review/very good design.
Let the bench grow a little longer.
When the disabled are tired in this fast-growing city, they will like a beautiful bench. Wolves,. I. A.
What is the aesthetic significance of a huge shoe?
Its main function seems to be accessories that hinder walking traffic.
On the other hand, in the Hall of Guggenheim, it doesn\'t look too inappropriate.
Thank you for saving me the trip.
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This time, design is very important.
In order to prevent the catastrophic flooding that caused the subway system to collapse in August.
2007, the Metropolitan is the largest traffic authority that has begun to install elevated sidewalk grilles along the Hillside Avenue, from 140 seconds to 170 seconds, which has been considered as seconds, which has been considered to have been
Easy to appear in the system.
Made of hammered stainless steel with three different heights, they are almost the shape of carved ups and downs, which is swimming an intentional reference to the problem they should help solve.
\"You know it\'s for the rain,\" says Rob Rogers, whose firm, Rogers Marvel Architects, worked with Di Domenico & Partners to design the new grates.
\"It has a teaching purpose.
\"You don\'t want to put anything on the street if it\'s not convincing,\" said Mr. Rogers said.
The prototype displayed on Friday at the corner of Sufen Avenue in Jamaica is made up of one unit at each height, and when combined, the unit forms a whole.
They can also be used individually or in pairs.
The lowest unit will block the flood 6 inch above the sidewalk with a seat.
But the slight trough between the waves is not uncomfortable, and it can certainly serve as a temporary habitat for those waiting for the bus. As a flood-
Control device, the structure creates a protective ring or sleeve around the ventilation grille, usually set to be flush with the height of the sidewalk.
The idea is not to completely waterproof the platforms and tracks below, but to reduce the devastating waterfalls of water, silt, mud and debris.
This is not the first attempt at the elevated grille. (
An example of how not to do so can be found on the Hillside Avenue and 148 Street: the ruthless whole of reinforced concrete 2 feet tall and 35 feet long. )
It\'s worth noting that the new grates
At the insistence of Elliott G, respected designers have been involved in their creations since the beginning
Sander, executive director and chief executive officer of the transport authority, explained his motivation as aesthetics and pragmatism: aesthetics, because I personally care a lot about urban design, and I think as a manager of so many public spaces, it is our responsibility to create a public environment that is attractive to our citizens.
So from a pragmatic point of view, if you create street furniture that the public likes, not street furniture that the public doesn\'t want to see in front of their business establishment or house, this will obviously make a big difference.
This is a combination of the two.
I also think our own employees feel better about it.
For the record, Robert Chen, a clerk at Yin Cheng Restaurant, 146-
12 Hillside Avenue said he liked the new grate outside.
There are 1,212 grilles in the Hillside Avenue area.
Among them, 219 will be raised and 353 will not require ventilation and will be sealed leaving grates a horizontal and solid sidewalk. (The three-
In this count, the unit prototype is considered to be three grids. )
The rest are not affected.
John O\'Grady, an infrastructure and facilities project officer at the New York City Transportation Authority, said the transportation authority had set aside $30 million for all flood projects,, he can\'t say that the installation cost of Hillside Avenue is more than millions of dollars.
Plans for raised grilles in six other floods
Popular places in Queens and Manhattan.
Products designed for Manhattan street furniture by Grimshaw, Billings Jackson design and Systra Consulting are coming on the market.
The installation will be completed within 18 months.
Although the new grate is a dead star on Friday morning\'s show, Sir
Sander cited other measures taken by the authority to better deal with the storm: the installation of a Doppler radar screen at all agency operations centers, and the establishment of an agency-wide emergency center at 347 Madison Avenue, and plan to improve communication with customers.
\"I think it goes without saying what happened to Hurricane Hannah,\" he said . \" He noted that the F line extending along the Hillside Avenue was destroyed for about 15 minutes.
\"There is no doubt about this . \"
\"In grates the past, it was going to be outside for a few hours,\" said Sander.
\"Comments are no longer accepted.
For the homeless, it looks like a great place to camp!
For people like me who remember many devastating storms last summer, this is good news!
When you leave the house in the morning, \"Oh, it\'s raining and F may not be running, which is terrible.
\"I like the problem is actually solved on someone\'s radar. (
This is just another example of how Bloomberg works. )
I think skateboarding lovers will like these.
How does this deal with the garbage that blocks the drain between the rail lines of the subway station, isn\'t this an obstacle on the busy sidewalk?
Water is the most powerful force for urban residents, now rural residents.
I\'m playing in the mud now and have the water move off the slope behind my house.
This elevated grate looks like a good idea and is beautiful at the same time.
Thanks to the creators and the city for seeking to solve a serious, inconvenient and potentially dangerous problem.
What happens to the water?
Now we\'re drowning the streets? awesome.
It would be really cool if both homeless and skateboarders could use these sidewalk barriers (
Fine design though)
At the same time!
It would be a great street entertainment to watch the skiers jump on the rising wave grate to sleep the homeless.
I can imagine that these pool things will soon be broken, sunken, twisted and dangerous.
Have you heard of flat burning?
They are flat because they are safe.
Beautiful shape. .
Beautify the modern style of an ordinary block.
The only problem.
Raising the grilles will cause congestion on the sidewalks because you can\'t walk through them like old grilles;
They made the crowded sidewalk more crowded.
As good as they are, I think it would be better for pedestrians to raise the flat grille a little by about 6 inch and gently tilt the sidewalk to meet them so that pedestrians can still walk past them if necessary.
\". . . How does Bloomberg work? ? grates
These elevated vents have nothing to do with the Union.
Broke the mad self of Bloomberg.
It seems like a thoughtful design.
The small bench should block the use of skateboarders, and homeless people in winter will warm up at any vent anyway.
Reminds me of Guggenheim in Bilbao. Nice job!
Speaking of skateboarding (
And other easily falling)
The corners look dangerous.
Hey, maybe it will make people feel nostalgic about a dangerous New York City.
I agree with Jonathan.
These are not very friendly to walking traffic.
I also want to know why the solution has to be so complicated (and expensive).
Why not modify the existing grilles so that they can turn on the air and turn off the rain when necessary, like metal blinds?
Or, cheaper, just make a simple subway grate cover and pay for MTA staff when it rains.
It is true that these will hinder pedestrians, especially those in Manhattan, but definitely better than flooding the system (
Can also be used as a vehicle guardrail. )
However, a fully sealed grille will prevent air from entering and leaving the subway system (
Although it is mostly ineffective today due to the huge heat discharge of the new train. )
Infrastructure is collapsing in this country.
We need massive reconstruction.
On the contrary, all this money will avoid financial collapse . . . . . . Uh . . . . . . Protect the investment bankers who were grabbed at the time of the grab, and now they don\'t have to return anything).
The flood began.
These are also very attractive.
It\'s a shame to reduce the sidewalk space, but if it can keep the Metro running, I think it\'s a tolerable trade-off.
Maybe David Byrne can reach out at the subway vents to try. Great idea! Wow.
It looks terrible-shift solution.
Isn\'t anyone aware that these eyeshadows take up a lot of space?
I can\'t wait to get around these things.
What\'s going on with the small bench?
What is this for a person?
There was dirt and street people everywhere in that matter.
Sadly, another interesting story is blocked by a negative blog.
So far, we have released a group of people who are so sour.
As for Jonathan, these are on Hillsdale Avenue.
In Jamaica, Queens-at lunch time on Tuesday, the number of pedestrians on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan was well below the level of people!
I think the design is interesting, stainless steel is combined with the new \"street furniture\" that Cemsa offers for newsstands, etc.
Hopefully this will be \"effective\", but if not-praise the MTA for trying to solve a very serious problem in a creative way.
Not all solutions are \"valid\", but nothing can be done if you don\'t try.
Oh, by the way, what is this poster James FM?
Shouldn\'t the hatred of the homeless be spread to tabloid websites?
It\'s like a nasty post about the doomed to be a homeless B & B at carvala Park.
Why do you allow this hatred of the few?
Lucky enough to post here?
Isn\'t this a hosting forum?
Elliott sand and Rogers Marvel offer a great solution.
Grates is a simple combination of attractive shapes and simple functions, as well as a combination-
Module ideas adapted to different sizes of vents.
It\'s interesting to see people suggest flat vents (
These are already there, not flood prevention)
Or rise to 6 inch (
There is no doubt that this will lead to numerous lawsuits against the city;
Why do they want this? ).
Paying the MTA staff to cover the vents during the flood can cost you a lot every year . . . . . . And will not prevent floods.
Not only will the \"Venetian blinds\" not be waterproof, but anything with movable parts will fail in a short period of time.
The problem is flooding and debris, not rain.
Just walk around the vents. It's that easy.
Of course, these are no more in the way than bus kiosks, fire hydrants or benches?
When I used Google maps to look around the area near Hillside Avenue and 148 Street, I saw a rectangular vertical concrete pipe that raised the ventilation grille of the subway.
I also saw the actual rain drain on the side of the road nearby.
I think the real rainwater drainage system and the supporting rainwater sewer are sometimes not enough, which will lead to flooding.
The elevated vents only intercept the rain in the area;
The Flushing vent is affected by all the rainwater collected in the surrounding area because the capacity of the rainwater drainage system is limited.
Depending on the proportion of the area, this difference may increase water by several orders of magnitude.
In my opinion, the subway is not a backup as a rain drain system.
I notice that the subtleties in architectural design are sometimes overlooked: the shallow dome on the ceiling of San Francisco Montgomery\'s BART station is completely blocked by a commercial building.
This is an intentional central gathering point, which is deliberately whispering like acoustic therapy.
Is it best for residents to accept higher, narrower vents disguised as kiosk sequences?
Labeling on concrete vents is a use of kiosks.
It\'s time to start wearing knee pads in town.
These things will hurt!
Besides, non-
Gary building?
It all began to feel very computer, not natural.
From the City Room in George, you should see the room we deleted.
We stop comments about hate and abuse.
Sometimes, if they slip away, they will be killed after the fact happens.
But not all negative comments fall into this category.
Comment 1 does not find us very annoying.
I can understand why you may not like or disagree with some of the comments you read, but that doesn\'t mean they are out of scope.
We believe in free expression and try to give broad freedom, as long as there are some simple rules to comment on things like the author follows about scolding people and naming names --calling.
In addition, we do not supervise opinions.
We also ask readers not to use off-
Complaining about the topic of moderation and comment.
We could have deleted your comments for these reasons, but made an exception.
More information and discussion about review is here:/city space. blogs. nytimes.
Com/2007/11/15/-top-10-reasons-we-deleted-your-
Review/very good design.
Let the bench grow a little longer.
When the disabled are tired in this fast-growing city, they will like a beautiful bench. Wolves,. I. A.
What is the aesthetic significance of a huge shoe?
Its main function seems to be accessories that hinder walking traffic.
On the other hand, in the Hall of Guggenheim, it doesn\'t look too inappropriate.
Thank you for saving me the trip.
New York is still strong today!
Although New York is no longer in the City Room, today\'s New York still appears every weekday morning, providing a summary of news and events for the city.
You can find the latest New York in New York today.
Or in the morning of the New York Times homepage or its New York section.
You can also receive it by email.
The Metropolitan diary continues!
Since 1976, the Metropolitan diary has been a place for New Yorkers to share the strange short moments of the city in the past and now.
We will continue to release a project every working day morning
In print on Monday.
You can find the latest entry in nytimes.
Com/diary and our New York online section.
City Room®A news blog about live coverage, features and reader conversations in New York City has
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