https://4c.rpa.org/corridors/city
Only If and One Architecture propose a dual-purposing of the system of freight lines linking Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx for passenger rail as a game changer for the outer boroughs. The firms worked together to re-conceptualize the existing right-of-way and adjacent spaces to create a linear park and greenway along the proposed line to improve community health, a bike “superhighway” for commuter and recreational use, mixed-use models for skills development and job generation, and storm water management through a reduction in road widths and parking spaces made possible by new developments in mobility. The combination of large catalytic projects with smaller organic development generates capacity for regional growth of (affordable) housing while keeping much of value generated local.
