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http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/the-siege-of-miami This new yorker article mentioned something I hadn't heard before, raised streets http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article41141856.html But one corner of Miami Beach stayed perfectly dry. In Sunset Harbour, which has historically flooded during seasonal high tides, the water was held at bay last month by a radically re-engineered streetscape that will be put to the test again this week with another king tide. The design — featuring a street and sidewalk perched on an upper tier, 2 ½ feet above the front doors of roadside businesses, and backed by a hulking nearby pump house — represents what one city engineer called "the street of tomorrow." ....wow.....
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