Dan Barasch: A park underneath the hustle and bustle of New York City

翻译人员: chunhua zhang 校对人员: Justine Bai

My dream is to build the world's first

我的梦想是在纽约

underground park in New York City.

建造世界上第一个地下公园

Now, why would someone want to build an underground park,

为什么会有人想建地下公园

and why in New York City?

并且是建在纽约呢？

These three tough little buggers

这三个结实的小家伙

are, on the left, my grandmother, age five,

分别是：左边的 我奶奶 5岁

and then her sister and brother,

然后是她的姐姐和哥哥

ages 11 and nine.

他们分别11岁和9岁。

This photo was taken just before they left

这张照片是在他们离开意大利

from Italy to immigrate to the United States,

移民到美国时照的

just about a century ago.

大概是在一个世纪以前

And like many immigrants at the time,

就像当时的许多移民一样

they arrived on the Lower East Side

他们抵达了纽约市的

in New York City

下东区

and they encountered a crazy melting pot.

他们遇到了一个种族大熔炉

What was amazing about their generation

他们那一代令人惊讶之处在于

was that they were not only building new lives

他们不仅是在这块崭新的 陌生的地区

in this new, unfamiliar area,

建立新生活

but they were also literally building the city.

而且事实上他们也在建设这座城市

I've always been fascinated by those decades

我一直对那几十年 那段历史

and by that history,

心驰神往

and I would often beg my grandmother

我常常请求我的祖母

to tell me as many stories as possible

给我尽可能多讲讲

about the old New York.

旧纽约的故事

But she would often just shrug it off,

但是她常常只是耸耸肩

tell me to eat more meatballs, more pasta,

告诉我多吃内丸和意大利面

and so I very rarely got

因此我很少能得到

any of the history that I wanted to hear about.

任何那段我想要了解的历史信息

The New York City that I encountered

我所遇到的这座纽约城

felt pretty built up.

已经完全建好

I always knew as a kid that I wanted

在我还小的时候 我就知道我想要

to make a difference, and to somehow

让这个世界变得不同 并以某种方法

make the world more beautiful, more interesting

使得这个世界更美丽 更有趣

and more just.

更公正

I just didn't really know how.

我只是不知道如何去实现它

At first, I thought I wanted to go work abroad,

一开始我觉得我想要到国外去工作

so I took a job with UNICEF in Kenya.

所以我在联合国儿童基金会找了一个去肯尼亚的工作

But it felt weird to me that I knew more about

让我觉得不可思议的是 我对肯尼亚当地政治

local Kenyan politics than the politics of my own hometown.

要比对自己家乡的政治更了解

I took a job with the City of New York,

我在纽约市谋了一份工作

but very quickly felt frustrated

但是很快就对政府官僚主义的缓慢作风

with the slowness of government bureaucracy.

感到沮丧

I even took a job at Google,

我甚至在谷歌谋得了一份工作

where very fast I drank the Kool-Aid

在那里我很快就随波逐流了

and believed almost wholeheartedly

并且几乎完全相信

that technology could solve all social problems.

科技可以解决所有的社会问题

But I still didn't feel like I was making the world a better place.

但我仍然不觉得我正在使这个世界变得更好

It was in 2009 that my friend

2009年 我的朋友

and now business partner James Ramsey

兼现在的商业伙伴詹姆斯·拉姆齐

alerted me to the location of a pretty spectacular site,

使我留意到了一个非常壮观的景点

which is this.

就是这个

This is the former trolley terminal

这是一个从前的电车站

that was the depot for passengers

是一个为那些

traveling over the Williamsburg Bridge

穿过威廉斯堡大桥

from Brooklyn to Manhattan,

从布鲁克林到曼哈顿的乘客所使用的车站

and it was open between 1908 and 1948,

它在1908年至1948年间运营

just around the time when my grandparents were

刚好差不多是我的祖父母

living right in the area.

也生活在这个区域的时间

And we learned also that the site

我们还了解到这个车站

was entirely abandoned in 1948.

在1948年被彻底地废弃了

Fascinated by this discovery,

由于被这个发现深深地吸引了

we begged the authorities to draw us into the space,

我们请求官方让我们进入这里

and we finally got a tour,

并且最终我们成行了

and this is what we saw.

这就是我们当时所看到的

Now, this photo doesn't really do it justice.

这张照片并不能真实地反映当时的情况

It's kind of hard to imagine the unbelievably magical

你很难想象那种当你进入这个空间时

feeling that you have when you get in this space.

所获得的难以置信的神奇感受

It's a football field of unused land

它直接位于城市最拥挤的区域之下

immediately below a very crowded area of the city,

是一块足球场大小的闲置用地

and it almost feels like you're Indiana Jones

身处其中 感觉自己就像是考古现场的

on an archaeological dig,

印第安纳·琼斯

and all the details are all still there.

所有的细节都还全部保留在那里

It's really pretty remarkable.

这真的是非同寻常

Now, the site itself is located at the very heart

现在 这个地方位于下东区

of the Lower East Side,

非常核心的区域

and today it still remains one of the most

并且今天它仍然是这座城市

crowded neighborhoods in the city.

最拥挤的社区之一

New York City has two thirds the green space

纽约的人均绿色空间

per resident as other big cities,

是其它大城市的三分之二

and this neighborhood as one tenth the green space.

而这个社区更是只有十分之一

So we immediately started thinking about how we

所以我们马上开始思考我们可以怎样

could take this site and turn it into something

利用这个地方 并将它变成

that could be used for the public,

能够为公众所用的东西

but also could potentially even be green.

甚至有可能变成绿地

Our plan, in a nutshell,

我们的计划 简而言之

is to draw natural sunlight underground

就是将自然光引入地下

using a simple system that harvests sunlight above the street,

使用一个简单的系统收集街上的阳光

directs it below the city sidewalks,

然后将它导入城市人行道的地下

and would allow plants and trees to grow

并且利用这些导入地下的阳光

with the light that's directed underneath.

来种植花草树木

With this approach, you could take a site

通过这种方法 你可以将一个

that looks like this today

现在看起来是这个样子的地方

and transform it into something

变成

that looks like this.

看起来像这样的地方

In 2011, we first released some of these images,

2011年 我们首次发布了这些设计图中的一部分

and what was funny was,

有趣的是

a lot of people said to us, "Oh, it kind of looks

很多人对我们说 哇 它看起来

like the High Line underground."

有点像是地下的空中花园

And so what our nickname ended up becoming,

这就是我们的昵称的由来

and what ended up sticking,

并且我们最终决定用这个名称

was the Lowline, so the Lowline was born.

地下花园(Lowline) 地下花园就这样诞生了

What was also clear was that people really wanted

还有一点也很清楚 人们真的

to know a lot more about how the technology

想更加了解这项技术

would look and feel,

是如何表现的

and that there was really much more interest in this

这比我们之前可能想像的

than we had ever thought possible.

要有趣得多

So, like a crazy person, I decided to quit my job

困此 就像个疯子一样 我决定辞职

and focus entirely on this project.

并且完全投入到这个项目中去

Here is us with our team

这是我们和我们的团队

putting together a technology demonstration

一起在一个仓库

in a warehouse.

举行的技术展示

Here's the underbelly of this solar canopy

这个是太阳能天篷的下部

which we built to show the technology.

我们用以展示这项技术

You can see the six solar collectors at the center there.

你可以看到 在它中间有六个太阳能收集器

And here's the full exhibit all put together

这将所有的东西组装在一起

in this warehouse.

然后在这个仓库里展示

You can see the solar canopy overhead,

你可以看到天花板上的太阳能天篷

the light streaming in,

阳光倾泄而下

and this entirely live green space below.

这完完全全是一个地下的绿色空间

So in the course of just a few weeks,

所以在短短几周之内

tens of thousands of people came to see our exhibit,

成千上万的人过来看我们的展览

and since that time, we've grown

并且从那时开始 我们的支持者——

our numbers of supporters both locally

有本地的 还有世界各地的设计爱好者

and among design enthusiasts all over the world.

数量都不断增长

Here's a rendering of the neighborhood

这个是地下花园正上方

just immediately above the Line's site,

社区的效果图

and a rendering of how it will look

以及在接下来的十年里

after major redevelopment that is coming

当主要重建完成以后的

over the course of the next 10 years.

效果图

Notice how crowded the neighborhood still feels

请注意这个社区看起啦仍然十分拥挤

and how there's really a lack of green space.

这里十分缺少绿色空间

So what we're proposing is really something that will

所以我们的提议就是

add one football field of green space

在这个社区的地下 增加一个

underneath this neighborhood, but more importantly

足球场大小的绿色空间 但更重要是

will introduce a really community-driven focus

在一个迅速富裕的区域

in a rapidly gentrifying area.

引进一个真正社区主导的中心

And right now, we're focusing very closely

现在 我们正密切地聚焦在

on how we engage with the City of New York

如何与纽约市政府合作

on really transforming the overall ecosystem

用以综合方式 真正改变

in an integrated way.

整个生态系统

Here's our rendering of how we would actually

这里展示了我们将会如何

invite people into the space itself.

邀请人们进入这个空间

So here you see this iconic entrance

你可以看到这个标志性的入口

in which we would literally peel up the street

准确地说 我们把这个街面掀开

and reveal the historical layers of the city,

将这个城市的历史层次揭示出来

and invite people into this warm underground space.

邀请民众进入这个温暖的地下空间

In the middle of winter, when it's absolutely freezing outside,

隆冬时节 当外面已经非常寒冷时

the last place you'd want to go would be

你最不想去的地方可能就是

an outdoor space or outdoor park.

室外或者公园

The Lowline would really be a four-season space

地下花园将会真正成为一个四季皆宜的空间

and a respite for the city.

成为这个城市的缓解区域

So I like to think that the Lowline actually brings

所以我想 地下花园实际上

my own family's story full circle.

让我的家族故事有了一个完整的循环

If my grandparents and my parents were really

如果说我的祖父母和父母那一辈

focused on building the city up and out,

是真正的专注于构建这座城市

I think my generation is focused on reclaiming

那么我想我们这一代人正专注于改造

the spaces that we already have,

我们已有的空间

rediscovering our shared history,

重新发现我们共同的历史

and reimagining how we can make our communities

以及重新思考我们怎样才能使我们的社区

more interesting, more beautiful and more just.

更有趣 更漂亮 更公正

Thanks.

谢谢

(Applause)

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