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Policy & Design Reports
This section features a series of original research reports aimed at developing design and policy tools that address flood adaptation and historic urban form change in the context of New York City.
Browse the publications below to learn more about the flood risk faced by New York City's historic built environment; the multiple goals and values involved in the transformation of historic streetscapes towards flood resilience; streetscape-sensitive flood adaptation design strategies for New York City's historic buildings and neighborhoods; real-world design studies, and heritage resilience policy-making agendas.
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Adaptation Design Study: South Street Seaport
Building on the Adaptive Streetscape Framework and Streetscape-Sensitive Design Strategies developed in the previous reports, this report envisions the adaptation of a mixed-use street corridor in South Street Seaport historic district as it relates to the retention of the street corridor's vigor, scale, transparency and accessibility.
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