• NYC’s curbside rain gardens: Are they eco-friendly or just poop-filled eyesores?

    NYC’s curbside rain gardens: Are they eco-friendly or just poop-filled eyesores?
    Rain gardens, sometimes known as bioswales, are found throughout NYC to minimize flooding and beautify neighborhoods. But those important purposes have become overshadowed lately by graffiti, litter and even pet poop that continues to build up in these pockets of curbside greenspaces around the city.  Once hailed as eco-friendly solutions for managing stormwater runoff and reducing flooding in the Big Apple, many rain gardens, local residents say, have fallen into a state of poor maint

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