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18th and Broadway in Kansas City: How A Man-Made Environment Can Coexist in Harmony with Mother Nature

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Community project at 18th & Broadway in Kansas City

After shooting pics of the new symphony building from various angles, I looked across the street at a park I'd never noticed before. Is that a wind turbine? By the bus stop?

Better check this out, I thought. Am I glad I did! It turns out it's a whole city block that's been turned into a garden! A garden which uses solar energy, wind turbine energy, filters storm drain water, and grows food to donate to Harvesters! How cool is that?

 

vegetables in raised beds

 

 

 

 360 Builders, a local architectural firm, designed and constructed the garden at 18th and Broadway to demonstrate how the man-made environment can coexist in harmony with  Mother Nature.

Edible plants such as strawberries, lettuce, tomatoes, pear trees and spinach are grown in raised beds tended by volunteers from 360 Builders and DST.

cleaning water runoff at 18Broadway

 

 

Raised beds and container gardens allow for better drainage, less soil compaction, increased productivity and also make it easier to weed!

Water run-off from 18th and 19th streets is captured and cleaned in the garden. Maybe this is a solution Kansas City could consider instead of spending $2.4 BILLION to repair our existing, out-dated storm drains.

 

Native plants and long grasses filter the water as it flows down through curb bumpouts, alley swales and rain gardens. The filtered water is stored in 20,000 gallon underground storage tanks and used to water the plants.

natural water filter system at 18th and Broadway in Kansas City 10,000 Rain Gardens in Kansas City would be so proud!

 

If you get a chance, visit 18th and Broadway in Kansas City. There are panels on the fence on the north side of the block that show and tell how One City Block can coexist in harmony with Mother Nature by:

  • Conserving the Quality of our Watershed

    Gardening with Edible Plants

    Using Solar Energy

    Using Wind Turbine Energy

    Reconnecting People to Food

 

18th and Broadway top corner of the garden with wind turbine Imagine a better world  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18th and Broadway also has information about how conscientious building design and construction can reduce the need for electricity driven heating and cooling systems by 50%. What would that do for your electric bill?

new symphony building seen from 18 Broadway garden vegetables in raised beds at 18th and Broadway in Kansas City 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

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Comments (3)

Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Hey Maria,

That is excellent news :) Love it! It's so nice seeing all around, that many architects are opening their minds to being more "green".  It's not a trend, it's what is needed :)

May 13, 2011 01:05 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Maria,

I'm glad to see this! I just got back from Switzerland and saw several community gardens. What a great idea, I thought to myself and wanted to share the information with those in Texas. Then I found your post and it made me smile. I'm glad your community is doing this. I love it when I hear stories about changing our culture by allowing a man-made environment to coexist in harmony with nature.

Excellent post! Thanks!

Patricia

May 13, 2011 08:28 PM
Will Nesbitt
Nesbitt Realty at Condo Alexandria - Alexandria, VA
Nesbitt Realty is a family-run brokerage.

This is wonderful! A breakthrough for the architects! I hope mnay would do too. It looks perfect! This is exciting news!

May 15, 2011 10:03 PM