Photos of Subway Cars Being Thrown Into the Ocean – A crime?
For more than a decade, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has treated the Atlantic as its very own graveyard, tossing thousands of old subway cars off a barge to rust away on the ocean floor. An environmental crime? Hardly.
The program creates habitats for marine life from Georgia to Jersey and gives New York’s aging subway cars a vibrant (and free!) retirement home. It is fascinating to see how scrap actually contributes to nature rather than tearing on it.
The full story and slide show could be found at: Surreal Photos of Subway Cars Being Thrown Into the Ocean [Slideshow] | Co.Design.