The following is a list of items that each of you were to research, compile, summarize and post onto the blog:
Angie – Contamination Maps, contamination procedures
Adina – List of programmatic items from the Local Paper, find out typical sizes for each item listed
Onaje – visitor/environmental center building design sketches
Shamanie – dimensions of sports fields: baseball, cricket, football, basketball, soccer, tennis, track, bocce ball
Luke – bus routes, subway station locations, bike routes
Janet – location of nearest parks to our site, types and dimensions of amusement park rides
Taylor – Design concepts of Central Park
Adanfa – facilities needed for a small petting zoo, differences between playgrounds for toddlers vs. middle school vs. teenagers
Robert – more info on the bridges, materials used, foundation info, heights, type of bridge(suspended, cable stay etc.)
Tynasia – research which neighboring sites along the Creek are open space vs buildings and structures
Allen – images of indigenous trees and plants and indigenous animal habitats of our site
Derrick – USGBC LEED checklist
Kevin – high and low Tide, storm surges, flood zones, combined sewer overflow locations,
Jackie - Provide a summary to the NYC High Performance Guidelines for 21st Century Parks. (The link is on the blog)
Sinjin – demographics of the surrounding neighborhoods, ages, ethnic mix, average income, census data
Matheus, Asad, , Iftear, Kendal and Dong we still need your help to locate information on the following:
· soil conditions,
· average rainfall
· wind speeds for the region (wind turbines), provide pro and cons to pursuing this means of renewable energy
· amount of solar exposure (photovoltaic/solar panels), provide pro and cons to pursuing this means of renewable energy
· speed of the current at the junction between the East River and Newtown Creek
· Review of the NYC City Planning Waterfront 2020 Plan
Do not stop here! Keep thinking about what you want this park to be.
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