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Dan Barasch: A park underneath the hustle and bustle of New York City
丹·巴拉斯克: 地下花园
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丹·巴拉斯克和詹姆斯·拉姆齐有一个疯狂的计划——创建一个公园，一个充满绿色、位于纽约城地下的公园。他们两个正在建造地下花园——一个足球场大小的地下绿色空间。他们将它建在一个1948就被废弃的电车站，使用科技将地表上的阳光收集起来然后导进地下。这是一个即使在冬天也会呈现出繁荣景象的公园。
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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我的梦想是在纽约
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underground park in New York City.
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建造世界上第一个地下公园
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Now, why would someone want
to build an underground park,
to build an underground park,
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为什么会有人想建地下公园
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and why in New York City?
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并且是建在纽约呢？
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These three tough little buggers
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这三个结实的小家伙
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are, on the left, my grandmother, age five,
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分别是：左边的 我奶奶 5岁
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and then her sister and brother,
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然后是她的姐姐和哥哥
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ages 11 and nine.
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他们分别11岁和9岁。
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This photo was taken just before they left
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这张照片是在他们离开意大利
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from Italy to immigrate to the United States,
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移民到美国时照的
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just about a century ago.
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大概是在一个世纪以前
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And like many immigrants at the time,
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就像当时的许多移民一样
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they arrived on the Lower East Side
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他们抵达了纽约市的
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in New York City
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下东区
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and they encountered a crazy melting pot.
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他们遇到了一个种族大熔炉
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What was amazing about their generation
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他们那一代令人惊讶之处在于
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was that they were not only building new lives
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他们不仅是在这块崭新的 陌生的地区
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in this new, unfamiliar area,
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建立新生活
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but they were also literally building the city.
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而且事实上他们也在建设这座城市
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I've always been fascinated by those decades
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我一直对那几十年 那段历史
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and by that history,
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心驰神往
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and I would often beg my grandmother
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我常常请求我的祖母
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to tell me as many stories as possible
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给我尽可能多讲讲
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about the old New York.
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旧纽约的故事
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But she would often just shrug it off,
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但是她常常只是耸耸肩
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tell me to eat more meatballs, more pasta,
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告诉我多吃内丸和意大利面
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and so I very rarely got
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因此我很少能得到
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any of the history that I wanted to hear about.
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任何那段我想要了解的历史信息
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The New York City that I encountered
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我所遇到的这座纽约城
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felt pretty built up.
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已经完全建好
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I always knew as a kid that I wanted
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在我还小的时候 我就知道我想要
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to make a difference, and to somehow
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让这个世界变得不同 并以某种方法
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make the world more beautiful, more interesting
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使得这个世界更美丽 更有趣
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and more just.
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更公正
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I just didn't really know how.
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我只是不知道如何去实现它
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At first, I thought I wanted to go work abroad,
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一开始我觉得我想要到国外去工作
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so I took a job with UNICEF in Kenya.
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所以我在联合国儿童基金会找了一个去肯尼亚的工作
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But it felt weird to me that I knew more about
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让我觉得不可思议的是 我对肯尼亚当地政治
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local Kenyan politics than the
politics of my own hometown.
politics of my own hometown.
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要比对自己家乡的政治更了解
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I took a job with the City of New York,
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我在纽约市谋了一份工作
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but very quickly felt frustrated
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但是很快就对政府官僚主义的缓慢作风
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with the slowness of government bureaucracy.
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感到沮丧
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I even took a job at Google,
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我甚至在谷歌谋得了一份工作
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where very fast I drank the Kool-Aid
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在那里我很快就随波逐流了
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and believed almost wholeheartedly
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并且几乎完全相信
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that technology could solve all social problems.
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科技可以解决所有的社会问题
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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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但我仍然不觉得我正在使这个世界变得更好
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It was in 2009 that my friend
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2009年 我的朋友
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and now business partner James Ramsey
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兼现在的商业伙伴詹姆斯·拉姆齐
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alerted me to the location of a pretty spectacular site,
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使我留意到了一个非常壮观的景点
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which is this.
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就是这个
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This is the former trolley terminal
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这是一个从前的电车站
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that was the depot for passengers
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是一个为那些
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traveling over the Williamsburg Bridge
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穿过威廉斯堡大桥
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from Brooklyn to Manhattan,
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从布鲁克林到曼哈顿的乘客所使用的车站
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and it was open between 1908 and 1948,
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它在1908年至1948年间运营
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just around the time when my grandparents were
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刚好差不多是我的祖父母
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living right in the area.
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也生活在这个区域的时间
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And we learned also that the site
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我们还了解到这个车站
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was entirely abandoned in 1948.
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在1948年被彻底地废弃了
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Fascinated by this discovery,
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由于被这个发现深深地吸引了
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we begged the authorities to draw us into the space,
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我们请求官方让我们进入这里
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and we finally got a tour,
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并且最终我们成行了
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and this is what we saw.
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这就是我们当时所看到的
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Now, this photo doesn't really do it justice.
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这张照片并不能真实地反映当时的情况
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It's kind of hard to imagine the unbelievably magical
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你很难想象那种当你进入这个空间时
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feeling that you have when you get in this space.
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所获得的难以置信的神奇感受
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It's a football field of unused land
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它直接位于城市最拥挤的区域之下
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immediately below a very crowded area of the city,
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是一块足球场大小的闲置用地
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and it almost feels like you're Indiana Jones
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身处其中 感觉自己就像是考古现场的
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on an archaeological dig,
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印第安纳·琼斯
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and all the details are all still there.
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所有的细节都还全部保留在那里
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It's really pretty remarkable.
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这真的是非同寻常
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Now, the site itself is located at the very heart
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现在 这个地方位于下东区
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of the Lower East Side,
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非常核心的区域
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and today it still remains one of the most
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并且今天它仍然是这座城市
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crowded neighborhoods in the city.
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最拥挤的社区之一
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New York City has two thirds the green space
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纽约的人均绿色空间
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per resident as other big cities,
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是其它大城市的三分之二
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and this neighborhood as one tenth the green space.
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而这个社区更是只有十分之一
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So we immediately started thinking about how we
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所以我们马上开始思考我们可以怎样
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could take this site and turn it into something
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利用这个地方 并将它变成
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that could be used for the public,
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能够为公众所用的东西
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but also could potentially even be green.
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甚至有可能变成绿地
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Our plan, in a nutshell,
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我们的计划 简而言之
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is to draw natural sunlight underground
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就是将自然光引入地下
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using a simple system that
harvests sunlight above the street,
harvests sunlight above the street,
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使用一个简单的系统收集街上的阳光
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directs it below the city sidewalks,
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然后将它导入城市人行道的地下
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and would allow plants and trees to grow
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并且利用这些导入地下的阳光
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with the light that's directed underneath.
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来种植花草树木
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With this approach, you could take a site
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通过这种方法 你可以将一个
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that looks like this today
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现在看起来是这个样子的地方
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and transform it into something
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变成
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that looks like this.
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看起来像这样的地方
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In 2011, we first released some of these images,
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2011年 我们首次发布了这些设计图中的一部分
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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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很多人对我们说 哇 它看起来
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like the High Line underground."
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有点像是地下的空中花园
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And so what our nickname ended up becoming,
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这就是我们的昵称的由来
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and what ended up sticking,
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并且我们最终决定用这个名称
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was the Lowline, so the Lowline was born.
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地下花园(Lowline) 地下花园就这样诞生了
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What was also clear was that people really wanted
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还有一点也很清楚 人们真的
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to know a lot more about how the technology
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想更加了解这项技术
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would look and feel,
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是如何表现的
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and that there was really much more interest in this
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这比我们之前可能想像的
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than we had ever thought possible.
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要有趣得多
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So, like a crazy person, I decided to quit my job
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困此 就像个疯子一样 我决定辞职
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and focus entirely on this project.
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并且完全投入到这个项目中去
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Here is us with our team
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这是我们和我们的团队
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putting together a technology demonstration
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一起在一个仓库
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in a warehouse.
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举行的技术展示
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Here's the underbelly of this solar canopy
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这个是太阳能天篷的下部
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which we built to show the technology.
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我们用以展示这项技术
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You can see the six solar collectors at the center there.
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你可以看到 在它中间有六个太阳能收集器
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And here's the full exhibit all put together
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这将所有的东西组装在一起
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in this warehouse.
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然后在这个仓库里展示
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You can see the solar canopy overhead,
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你可以看到天花板上的太阳能天篷
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the light streaming in,
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阳光倾泄而下
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and this entirely live green space below.
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这完完全全是一个地下的绿色空间
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So in the course of just a few weeks,
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所以在短短几周之内
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tens of thousands of people came to see our exhibit,
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成千上万的人过来看我们的展览
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and since that time, we've grown
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并且从那时开始 我们的支持者——
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our numbers of supporters both locally
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有本地的 还有世界各地的设计爱好者
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and among design enthusiasts all over the world.
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数量都不断增长
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Here's a rendering of the neighborhood
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这个是地下花园正上方
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just immediately above the Line's site,
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社区的效果图
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and a rendering of how it will look
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以及在接下来的十年里
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after major redevelopment that is coming
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当主要重建完成以后的
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over the course of the next 10 years.
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效果图
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Notice how crowded the neighborhood still feels
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请注意这个社区看起啦仍然十分拥挤
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and how there's really a lack of green space.
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这里十分缺少绿色空间
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So what we're proposing is really something that will
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所以我们的提议就是
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add one football field of green space
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在这个社区的地下 增加一个
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underneath this neighborhood, but more importantly
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足球场大小的绿色空间 但更重要是
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will introduce a really community-driven focus
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在一个迅速富裕的区域
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in a rapidly gentrifying area.
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引进一个真正社区主导的中心
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And right now, we're focusing very closely
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现在 我们正密切地聚焦在
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on how we engage with the City of New York
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如何与纽约市政府合作
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on really transforming the overall ecosystem
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用以综合方式 真正改变
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in an integrated way.
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整个生态系统
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Here's our rendering of how we would actually
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这里展示了我们将会如何
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invite people into the space itself.
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邀请人们进入这个空间
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So here you see this iconic entrance
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你可以看到这个标志性的入口
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in which we would literally peel up the street
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准确地说 我们把这个街面掀开
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and reveal the historical layers of the city,
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将这个城市的历史层次揭示出来
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and invite people into this warm underground space.
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邀请民众进入这个温暖的地下空间
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In the middle of winter, when it's
absolutely freezing outside,
absolutely freezing outside,
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隆冬时节 当外面已经非常寒冷时
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the last place you'd want to go would be
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你最不想去的地方可能就是
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an outdoor space or outdoor park.
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室外或者公园
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The Lowline would really be a four-season space
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地下花园将会真正成为一个四季皆宜的空间
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and a respite for the city.
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成为这个城市的缓解区域
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So I like to think that the Lowline actually brings
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所以我想 地下花园实际上
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my own family's story full circle.
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让我的家族故事有了一个完整的循环
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If my grandparents and my parents were really
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如果说我的祖父母和父母那一辈
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focused on building the city up and out,
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是真正的专注于构建这座城市
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I think my generation is focused on reclaiming
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那么我想我们这一代人正专注于改造
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the spaces that we already have,
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我们已有的空间
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rediscovering our shared history,
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重新发现我们共同的历史
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and reimagining how we can make our communities
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以及重新思考我们怎样才能使我们的社区
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more interesting, more beautiful and more just.
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更有趣 更漂亮 更公正
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Thanks.
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谢谢
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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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