Abandoned Paris Metro Stations, Reborn as Nightclubs and Public Pools

[Earth_First]

2. This is the aqueduct in downtown Rochester, New York:

At the turn of the century, it carried a portion of the famed Erie Canal, which helped nickname Rochester as being known as 'The Flour City'

For a period of the mid-century, it also carried the light rail system that connected downtown Rochester to outlying communities before being decommissioned.

Several of our esteemed local politicians in government have been pushing to fill this space in with a rammed slurry in order to cut back on annual maintenance costs to the city. Portions of the system have already been filled.

I believe that it would be a travesty to see this (almost) final piece of history destroyed and not conserved into a community asset and public space. I've been into this area on many occasions and when I wander this expanse, my mind is constantly imagining the possibilities that this space affords the community, however lays in horrible disrepair and abandonment.

Kudos to the effort in Paris to attempt an effort to revitalize these underutilized spaces...