This 16-acre Atlanta park was built to flood

Presented by   In the Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta, a series of low-lying residential blocks had faced years of flooding during the city’s heavy rainfalls. By 2002, the city had had enough. Officials bought 60 flood-prone homes and tore them down. A brand new park has been built in their place. This 16-plus acre public park includes playgrounds, sports courts, lawns, and meandering paths around a pond. The park also has another, less common feature: it’s designed to flood. Engineered specifically to take in and slowly drain 10 million gallons of stormwater during heavy rains, the park is a bold experiment in designing around extreme weather—while also creating a new center of the neighborhood. Read my story here. — Nate Berg   This 16-acre Atlanta park was built to flood Set in a low-lying area that’s home to a primarily Black community, the park can absorb 10 million gallons of stormwater.   READ MORE   Your gas stove is leaking methane, even when it’s turned off New research finds that gas stoves aren’t as clean as we once thought. Turn that range hood on, stat.   READ MORE   People are used to terrible government websites. COVIDtests.gov is an exception Especially given Biden’s executive order on designing better government services, this could be the beginning of a new digital era.   READ MORE   A Boeing 747 burns one ton of fuel while taxiing. This electric towing system could help It would cost a whopping $150 million to overhaul Chicago O’Hare, but it could save airlines almost $500 million in fuel costs.   READ MORE

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