Design
Can a Highway Median Become an Alluring Public Space?
That's the question in Miami, where a design firm has created a temporary pop-up park, complete with sod and seating.
On one side of Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard is a thriving downtown, filled with condos and office towers. On the other side is the Atlantic Ocean, and in a few choice locations, nice waterfront parks. The division between – Biscayne – has four lanes in each direction and a 100-foot median in between that carries overhead rail tracks and parking lots. All in all, it’s a pretty wide barrier between the people and the parks.
Biscayne Boulevard. Photo Credit: Eric Thayer/Reuters