Urban rivers, lakes, and parks can also be the key to making cities more resilient to climate change.
The 1,200 tons of sand near Greenwich Village along the Hudson river would have to do.
But there's no public pool nearby, and no sanctioned river swim spots in the city.
The sandy bluff on Gansevoort peninsula is part of the much larger Hudson River park and looks out over Little Island, a whimsical, highly instagrammable transformation of Pier 55.
Seattle has torn down an elevated freeway downtown to make way for a waterfront park.
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