Manhattan's underground park: Science fiction or future fact?

[heisenberg]

An abandoned subway terminal in New York City is being pitched for redevelopment into a sunlit, subterranean park -- replete with 60,000 square feet of flowers, ponds and trees.

Located in Manhattan's trendy Lower East Side, the vast underground space -- which is about the size of a football field -- has remained untouched since the terminal was discontinued back in 1948.Now, a group of entrepreneurs are proposing an elaborate green makeover, in which sunlight would be "harvested" above ground and channeled into the vaults below via a network of fiber-optic cables -- creating an environment apparently filled with natural light and, in theory, ripe for growing all the foliage of a typical city park.​

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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/11/tech/underground-park-new-york/index.html

 

[SciphonicStranger]

This is an interesting concept, but why would entrepreneurs want to invest in this? I didn't really see any profit motive in the article.

 

[Bluce Ree]

Montreal has had an underground city for as long as I can remember. Hotels, shopping, subway, etc. Over 32km of tunnels spread over 12km. Manhattan's project is cute but been there & done that.

 

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[Bluce Ree]

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That movie was a documentary on Montrealers.

 

[Stonelesscutter]

Somehow the Teenage Mutant Ninja/Hero Turtles come to mind.