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Dan Barasch: A park underneath the hustle and bustle of New York City
丹·巴勒希: 繁忙紐約的地底公園
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丹·巴勒希和詹姆斯·拉姆齊有個瘋狂計畫：他們要建造一座綠意盎然，且位在紐約地底下的的公園。他們因此利用 1948 年就廢棄的電車站打造出低線公園 (Lowline)，這片地底的綠地跟就跟足球場一樣大。並透過收集地面上太陽能的技術，將太陽光導入至地底下，讓這個公園即使在冬天也能夠一直生氣盎然。
Dan Barasch - Strategist
Dan Barasch’s grandmother grew up in New York’s Lower East Side. Now, he’s building an underground park in her old neighborhood, where greenspace is limited. Full bio
Dan Barasch’s grandmother grew up in New York’s Lower East Side. Now, he’s building an underground park in her old neighborhood, where greenspace is limited. Full bio
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My dream is to build the world's first
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我的夢想是在紐約建造
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underground park in New York City.
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世界上第一個地底公園。
00:17
Now, why would someone want
to build an underground park,
to build an underground park,
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那為什麼有人想要
打造地底公園？
打造地底公園？
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and why in New York City?
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而且為什麼在紐約？
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These three tough little buggers
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這邊有三個小屁孩，
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are, on the left, my grandmother, age five,
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左邊那位是我的奶奶，當時五歲，
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and then her sister and brother,
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旁邊是她的姐姐和哥哥，
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ages 11 and nine.
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分別是 11 歲和 9 歲。
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This photo was taken just before they left
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這張照片剛好在
他們離開義大利前，
準備移民到美國時拍下的，
準備移民到美國時拍下的，
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from Italy to immigrate to the United States,
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just about a century ago.
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大約是一百年前的事了。
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And like many immigrants at the time,
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跟同期的移民者一樣，
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they arrived on the Lower East Side
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他們都來到紐約的下東城。
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in New York City
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and they encountered a crazy melting pot.
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也遇到了瘋狂的種族大熔爐。
00:45
What was amazing about their generation
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他們這世代最讓人驚豔的是，
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was that they were not only building new lives
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他們不只是在這嶄新、生疏的地方
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in this new, unfamiliar area,
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建立起新的生活。
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but they were also literally building the city.
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而是真的建立起這座城市。
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I've always been fascinated by those decades
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我非常嚮往那段數十年的光陰
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and by that history,
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以及那段歷史。
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and I would often beg my grandmother
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我也常常拜託我奶奶
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to tell me as many stories as possible
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告訴我越多舊紐約的故事越好。
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about the old New York.
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But she would often just shrug it off,
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但她總是很淡定，
01:06
tell me to eat more meatballs, more pasta,
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只告訴我多吃點肉球和義大利麵。
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and so I very rarely got
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所以我很難得
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any of the history that I wanted to hear about.
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會得到我想要聽的歷史故事。
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The New York City that I encountered
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我認識紐約的時候，
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felt pretty built up.
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紐約就已經差不多成形了。
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I always knew as a kid that I wanted
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從小我就知道我想要
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to make a difference, and to somehow
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有所作為，甚至可以
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make the world more beautiful, more interesting
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讓這個世界變成更美麗、更有趣、
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and more just.
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更公平的地方。
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I just didn't really know how.
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但我只是不知道該怎麼做。
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At first, I thought I wanted to go work abroad,
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一開始我以為自己想到國外工作，
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so I took a job with UNICEF in Kenya.
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所以我接下了
聯合國兒童基金會肯亞的工作。
聯合國兒童基金會肯亞的工作。
01:29
But it felt weird to me that I knew more about
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但我覺得非常的奇怪，
因為我對肯亞當地的政治
因為我對肯亞當地的政治
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local Kenyan politics than the
politics of my own hometown.
politics of my own hometown.
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遠比自己家鄉的政治還要了解。
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I took a job with the City of New York,
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我之後得到紐約市政府的工作。
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but very quickly felt frustrated
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可是很快地我對政府的
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with the slowness of government bureaucracy.
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官僚制度感到很挫敗。
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I even took a job at Google,
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我甚至還在 Google 工作，
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where very fast I drank the Kool-Aid
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很快地我就全盤通收，
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and believed almost wholeheartedly
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幾乎全心全意地深信
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that technology could solve all social problems.
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科技可以解決所有的社會問題。
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But I still didn't feel like I was
making the world a better place.
making the world a better place.
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可是我卻不覺得我有
讓這個世界變得更好。
讓這個世界變得更好。
01:55
It was in 2009 that my friend
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2009 年時，我的朋友
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and now business partner James Ramsey
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兼我的合作夥伴詹姆斯·拉姆齊
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alerted me to the location of a pretty spectacular site,
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讓我注意到一個很壯觀的地點，
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which is this.
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就是這裡。
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This is the former trolley terminal
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這地方以前是電車站，
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that was the depot for passengers
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是乘客從布魯克林區經由
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traveling over the Williamsburg Bridge
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威廉斯堡橋到曼哈頓的
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from Brooklyn to Manhattan,
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火車站，
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and it was open between 1908 and 1948,
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於 1908 年到 1948 年之間使用。
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just around the time when my grandparents were
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那時我祖父母剛好
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living right in the area.
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住在那個地區。
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And we learned also that the site
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我們也得知這個地方
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was entirely abandoned in 1948.
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在 1948 年就已經完全廢棄。
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Fascinated by this discovery,
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因為對這個發現非常的著迷，
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we begged the authorities to draw us into the space,
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我們請求當局讓我們看看這地方。
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and we finally got a tour,
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我們終於能進去參觀，
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and this is what we saw.
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這就是我們所看到的景象。
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Now, this photo doesn't really do it justice.
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但這張照片無法表達火車站全貌，
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It's kind of hard to imagine the unbelievably magical
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很難憑空想像出，當你進到這個空間時
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feeling that you have when you get in this space.
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所體會到那無法言喻的魔幻力量，
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It's a football field of unused land
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這區域就像沒人使用的足球場，
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immediately below a very crowded area of the city,
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就在城市中非常擁擠區域的正下方，
02:47
and it almost feels like you're Indiana Jones
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這地方讓人覺得你就是印第安那·瓊斯，
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on an archaeological dig,
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正在做考古發掘。
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and all the details are all still there.
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我們仍可以看到所有的細節，
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It's really pretty remarkable.
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這真的非常棒。
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Now, the site itself is located at the very heart
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目前這個地方位在
下東城的心臟地帶。
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of the Lower East Side,
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and today it still remains one of the most
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現今仍是紐約市
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crowded neighborhoods in the city.
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其中一個最擁擠的區域。
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New York City has two thirds the green space
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紐約市跟其他大型城市一樣，
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per resident as other big cities,
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每位居民擁有 2/3 的綠地，
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and this neighborhood as one tenth the green space.
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可是這個區域的人只有 1/10 的綠地。
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So we immediately started thinking about how we
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所以我們馬上就開始想
要怎麼將這個地方轉變成
03:11
could take this site and turn it into something
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that could be used for the public,
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大眾可以使用的地方，
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but also could potentially even be green.
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而且這地方還有綠化的可能性。
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Our plan, in a nutshell,
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簡單來說，我們的計劃
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is to draw natural sunlight underground
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是要將自然的日光引入地底。
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using a simple system that
harvests sunlight above the street,
harvests sunlight above the street,
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運用一個簡單的系統
將街上的陽光儲存起來，
將街上的陽光儲存起來，
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directs it below the city sidewalks,
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再將儲存的陽光
導入城市地底下的人行道，
導入城市地底下的人行道，
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and would allow plants and trees to grow
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讓植物和樹木
透過導入地底的陽光得以成長茁壯。
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with the light that's directed underneath.
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03:31
With this approach, you could take a site
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用這種方式，
我們可以把今天看起來像這樣的地方，
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that looks like this today
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and transform it into something
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轉變成看起來像是
03:37
that looks like this.
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這樣的地方。
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In 2011, we first released some of these images,
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2011 年，我們先發布一些圖片。
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and what was funny was,
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有趣的是，
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a lot of people said to us, "Oh, it kind of looks
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很多人跟我們說，這看起來
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like the High Line underground."
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很像地下版的「高線公園」(High Line)。
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And so what our nickname ended up becoming,
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所以我們公園的綽號最後
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and what ended up sticking,
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就叫做低線 (Lowline) 公園。
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was the Lowline, so the Lowline was born.
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並沿用至今，低線公園就誕生了。
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What was also clear was that people really wanted
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我們也清楚地知道，大家真的很想
03:59
to know a lot more about how the technology
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知道這個科技看起來
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would look and feel,
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跟摸起來的感受。
04:03
and that there was really much more interest in this
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而這所引來的注目
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than we had ever thought possible.
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超越我們的預期。
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So, like a crazy person, I decided to quit my job
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所以我就像個瘋子，
決定辭掉工作，
決定辭掉工作，
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and focus entirely on this project.
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全心全意專注在這個計劃上。
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Here is us with our team
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我和我的組員
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putting together a technology demonstration
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在倉庫裡安排了
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in a warehouse.
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一個技術展示會。
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Here's the underbelly of this solar canopy
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這是太陽能遮棚的下方。
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which we built to show the technology.
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我們在這展示新的技術。
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You can see the six solar collectors at the center there.
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你們可以看到中間有六個太陽能收集器。
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And here's the full exhibit all put together
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這是完全組裝完後在倉庫
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in this warehouse.
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所做的展示。
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You can see the solar canopy overhead,
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你們可以看到上方是太陽能遮棚，
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the light streaming in,
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陽光緩緩流入，
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and this entirely live green space below.
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地底下就是生意盎然的綠地。
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So in the course of just a few weeks,
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這個展示才幾個禮拜而已，
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tens of thousands of people came to see our exhibit,
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就有數萬人參觀我們的展示會。
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and since that time, we've grown
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從那時開始，
我們的支持人數向上攀升，
我們的支持人數向上攀升，
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our numbers of supporters both locally
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有本地的支持者
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and among design enthusiasts all over the world.
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和來自各地的設計同好。
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Here's a rendering of the neighborhood
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這圖片展示著低線公園
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just immediately above the Line's site,
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正上方的區域。
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and a rendering of how it will look
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這張圖片也展示著
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after major redevelopment that is coming
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在未來十年的過程中，
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over the course of the next 10 years.
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將會有大型的重新發展計畫。
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Notice how crowded the neighborhood still feels
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注意到這個街區是如此擁擠，
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and how there's really a lack of green space.
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並且極度缺乏綠地。
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So what we're proposing is really something that will
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所以我們的訴求只是
05:05
add one football field of green space
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增加一個足球場大小的綠地，
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underneath this neighborhood, but more importantly
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就建在這個區域的正下方。
更重要的是，將會在這都更過的地區
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will introduce a really community-driven focus
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in a rapidly gentrifying area.
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推行以社區為導向的目標。
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And right now, we're focusing very closely
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目前，我們緊密地專注在
05:18
on how we engage with the City of New York
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如何跟紐約市一同合作，
05:21
on really transforming the overall ecosystem
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真正地把整個生態系統
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in an integrated way.
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轉變地更加完善。
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Here's our rendering of how we would actually
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在此呈現的是我們如何
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invite people into the space itself.
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吸引大家到這個空間。
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So here you see this iconic entrance
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你們可以看到這代表性的入口，
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in which we would literally peel up the street
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看起來像是我們把街道給了剝起來，
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and reveal the historical layers of the city,
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並展現出這個城市充滿歷史的一面，
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and invite people into this warm underground space.
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也吸引大家進入這溫暖的地底空間。
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In the middle of winter, when it's
absolutely freezing outside,
absolutely freezing outside,
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在外面真的冷到不行的隆冬時，
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the last place you'd want to go would be
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你最不想去的地方就是
05:44
an outdoor space or outdoor park.
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戶外的空間或公園了。
05:46
The Lowline would really be a four-season space
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低線公園就會是四季合宜的空間，
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and a respite for the city.
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讓城市得以喘息的地方。
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So I like to think that the Lowline actually brings
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我覺得低線公園真的
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my own family's story full circle.
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讓我家族的故事更加完整。
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If my grandparents and my parents were really
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如果我的祖父母和我父母
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focused on building the city up and out,
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把目標在建立並擴大這個城市。
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I think my generation is focused on reclaiming
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我想我們世代的目標就是
重新再利用我們已經擁有的土地，
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the spaces that we already have,
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rediscovering our shared history,
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再次找回我們一同擁有的歷史，
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and reimagining how we can make our communities
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並且再次想像如何讓我們的社區
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more interesting, more beautiful and more just.
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成為更有趣、更美好、更公平的地方。
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Thanks.
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謝謝。
06:14
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dan Barasch - StrategistDan Barasch’s grandmother grew up in New York’s Lower East Side. Now, he’s building an underground park in her old neighborhood, where greenspace is limited.
Why you should listen
Dan Barasch is the co-founder and executive director of the Lowline, an underground park that is being developed underneath the streets of New York City—in the Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal. In use from 1908 to 1948, this terminal is now abandoned. The Lowline will be a one-acre park in a neighborhood where greenspace is hard to come by. The project uses innovative solar technology to capture light above ground and distribute it below, making it a space that can be used in all four seasons. Once a wild idea, the project got a big boost on Kickstarter, raising more than $155,000 for its development in 2012. The project promises to be the inverse of New York's High Line.
Barasch has long known that he wanted to make a difference, but for years, wasn't quite sure how to go about doing that. Before he left his job to work fultime on the Lowline, he led strategic partnerships at PopTech; held multiple roles at Google; and worked in small business development in New York City government. He also consulted for UNICEF in Nairobi and with the 9/11 Survivors’ Fund in Washington DC. He began his career at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco, co-producing the weekly NPR show “It’s Your World.”
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