The 500-foot elevated road connecting the buildings has been transformed into a pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare with benches and industrial-steel planters full of native plants and flowers. The views are pretty great, too.
“Calling a hot dog sushi doesn’t make it sushi, and calling burning plastics 'recycling' doesn’t make it anything other than what it is: just another way to burn fossil fuels."
While ecologists work to restore the three-acre area in Frick Park, they’re asking eagle-eyed visitors to use the free eBird app to record the species they see there.
The Rachel Carson EcoVillage is based on the idea of intentional community, and is designed collectively by its residents for sustainability and a balance between privacy and public common space.