Debris remains on a closed beach damaged by flooding from hurricane Sandy

Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty

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6Mario Tama, Getty, Hurricane Sandy, Landscape, New York, USA,

Jan. 15, 2013. The claw of a demolition vehicle brings down a house, which was irreparably damaged by flood waters during Hurricane Sandy, in the Ocean Breeze neighborhood of Staten Island, New York. Picture: Justin Lane/EPA

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6Justin Lane, EPA, Demolition, Architecture, Hurricane Sandy, Ocean Breeze, Staten Island, New York, USA,

The Long Recovery

One man holds a ladder for another as he climbs to the second floor of a home that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy, in Ortley Beach, New Jersey. Picture: Tom Mihalek / Reuters

Source : telegraph.co.uk

6Tom Mihalek, Reuters, Architecture, News, Hurricane Sandy, Ortley Beach, New Jersey, USA,

massurban:

“The Architect’s Newspaper:

VENICE ON THE HUDSON?

New York considers massive floodgates to protect against storms.

by Alex Ulam. Dec 3, 2012

Hurricane Sandy has made it abundantly clear that addressing New York’s vulnerability to storm surges and rising sea levels is of paramount importance. Through the Mayor’s Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability, the Bloomberg Administration has commissioned a study of major flood barrier infrastructure, with a draft report due in February.

“This hurricane has put everything upside down,” said Jeroen Aerts. Aerts, a professor of  environmental studies at the Free University of Amsterdam, spoke in a phone interview from Holland, where he has been working for the past few years on the draft report.

Aerts said that his instructions from the city were to do a cost-benefit analysis of two strategies. “One is looking at upgrading the current regulations—focusing more on building codes, zoning regulations, and flood insurance—as compared to developing levees and surge barriers,” he said.

Currently, Aerts and his team are analyzing two gate options. One, which would cost about $10 billion, involves a set of gates running between Sandy Hook and Breezy Point, and another in the East River in the area of Throgs Neck and the Whitestone Bridge. The second option, estimated to cost about $17 billion, involves three to four barriers that would cut off the Arthur Kill tidal strait between New Jersey and Staten Island, the Verrazano Narrows, the East River, and perhaps Jamaica Bay.”

Image: Arcadis

Source : massurban

6Architecture Editor, Alex Ulam, Hurricane Sandy, New York, USA,

inothernews:

One month later, New York Daily News photojournalist Mark Bonifacio takes to the skies to see the damage wrought by superstorm Sandy in Staten Island, Queens and Manhattan, and the wreckage and cleanup efforts that remain.

Above, two homes swept into marshland on Staten Island.

Source : New York Daily News

6Architecture Editor, Mark Bonifacio, Hurricane Sandy, Staten Island, New York, USA,

Houses pushed into marshland, almost a month after hurricane Sandy. Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

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6Adrees Latif, Architecture, Destruction, Hurricane Sandy, Landscape, Reuters, New York, USA,

A boat sits in marshland, in this aerial view near Sea Bright, New Jersey, almost a month after the area was hit by Hurricane Sandy. Picture: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Source : telegraph.co.uk

6Adrees Latif, Reuters, Hurricane Sandy, Landscape, Boat, Sea Bright, New Jersey, USA,

Shovel by shovel, workers clean sand from Rockaways pool

Picture: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Source : photoblog.nbcnews.com

6Lucas Jackson, Reuters, News, Hurricane Sandy, Rockaway, Queens, New York, USA,

johnnypanessa:

A house in the Osprey Park section of Mastic Beach is covered by an American flag. FEMA is now on the ground accessing damage. Osprey Park’s frontage along the Moriches Bay left the area very exposed to Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge. Besides the houses right along the bay which suffered wind and water damage, houses inland experienced extensive flooding. 

Source : johnnypanessa

6Architecture Editor, Johnny Panessa, Hurricane Sandy, Osprey Park, Mastic Beach, Long Island, USA,

SURF CLUB VS. SANDY: 0-1

A beach club damaged by Hurricane Sandy is seen in Ortley Beach, New Jersey November 25, 2012. Picture: Eric Thayer/Reuters

Source : reuters.com

6Eric Thayer, Reuters, News, Hurricane Sandy, Architecture, Ortley Beach, New Jersey, USA,