New Yorks waterfront revival aims to future-proof the city [Video]

A building once at the heart of America’s military-industrial complex is being repurposed to meet this century’s greatest challenge: the climate crisis.

The new “Climate Innovation Hub” is being constructed over the next three years at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park as part of a broader plan to “future-proof” New York by creating millions of jobs not only in the green economy but also life sciences, tech and AI. 

Much of the development is happening along New York’s waterfront, where large stretches were abandoned for decades after large-scale manufacturing died in the mid-20th century.

Beginning with work under former mayor Michael Bloomberg, the city has started to recapture it, Andrew Kimball, CEO of NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) said on Thursday.

”New York City is a coastal town with over 500 miles of waterfront,” he explained. EDC, a nonprofit …