Can a seawall save New York from the next big storm?

Can a sea­wall save New York from the next big storm?



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In the after­math of Hur­ri­cane Sandy, New York City looks to a group of archi­tects, engi­neers, and design­ers to pro­tect the city against the next big storm. One of the lead­ing pro­pos­als is a $335 mil­lion, near­ly 10 mile long pro­tec­tive wall cam­ou­flaged in the city’s infrastructure.

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