The Lowline Lab (Tumblr) in NYC, May 14, 2016 140 Essex ST, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan (Free and open to the public 11am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday, Oct 2015-March 2017)
The “Lowline” (a nod to the green Highline park found in Chelsea) is a plan to build a park in an unused trolley terminal in the LES of NYC, with a focus on bringing green life underground. Sunlight is collected above ground and then reflected underground to give plants the necessary light they need to grow, expanding the limitations of where plant life can exist. There are currently numerous plants, herbs, and small trees in the Lab display, all organized at differing heights depending on their need for light and space. - I am so glad I found out about this place while I’m still in the city! (And I’m so glad I got a chance to go since this is my last week in the city before moving back to the west coast). It was literally one block away from me the whole year and I didn’t even know until I saw a post about it on here! It’s really beautiful and definitely artistically inspiring. I hope its plans fall through - the concept art is so beautiful and futuristic (and reminds me of Grissom Academy in Mass Effect 3 haha), it would be so great to see something so natural seamlessly added to the underground architecture of NYC.