revealing a forgotten history
courtesy of Ennead Lab
The Waterline is a project to reveal the path and history of The Croton Aqueduct in Manhattan and the Bronx and connect it to the Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park in Westchester County. It links the disparate relics of a 19th-century underground infrastructure with a green corridor that serves as a conduit for stormwater absorption, making it part of a 21st-century green infrastructure network.
The Croton Aqueduct was built in 1842 as the first fresh water delivery system for the growing city of New York. Before this seminal event, the city was plagued with typhoid, diphtheria, and other water borne illness.
The Waterline is a collaboration with Ennead Lab and Li/Saltzman Architects supported by the Municipal Arts Society.
images courtesy of Ennead Lab