None of the problems that were talked about in the Urban Problems page have been addressed yet, as these are present problems that civil engineers have yet to tackle. To replace that, I have written about three innovations that are found in New York City.
High Line
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The High Line is a park that provides amazing views of New York from the West Side of Manhattan, that runs on the old elevated track of the High Line. The High Line used to carried goods from the industrial centre of the West Side of Manhattan. The last train that ran on the tracks was in 1980, when three carloads of turkeys were taken interstate. In the 90's, the Friends of the Highline Organisation (founded by Joshua David and Robert Hammond) advocated for the preservation of the High Line and for it to be repurposed and not demolished. From 2002 - 2009, the High Line was designed and repurposed. It finally opened in 2009 and 2011. In 2014, a third part of the park, the High Line at the Railyards, was opened to the public.
LinkNYC
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LinkNYC is a Wi-Fi network that will replace payphones all across New York City. Payphones will be replaced with links, devices that provide superfast free Wi-Fi, free calls if you plug in your headphones and a tablet which you can use to find maps or directions around New York on. The 7,500 links will be paid for by advertising on the two displays of the links, creating nearly half a billion dollars revenue for the city of New York.
Neighbourhoods.nyc
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Neighbourhoods.nyc is an internet-based community hub initiative which is trying to connect the neighborhoods of New York with information which could effect them. Each neighborhood of New York City has a community website, where it informs residents of subway delays and provides a map of planned public works and complaints made by residents of that neighborhood.