Initial Sketches
Finalising The Idea
Building Prototypes
Research Precedence
After a lot of research I was unable to find a history of a clean drive in Lenox Hill (or the Upper East Side area). However I did stumble upon this article from NY Times that addressed the trash problem in the city –
“Our city generates a lot of trash. The Department of Sanitation collected 3,196,200 tons of residential trash (excluding recyclables) last year. That’s around 749 pounds per New Yorker, or just over two pounds per resident per day.
Inevitably, some of it ends up on the street.
It’s not hard to find a street strewn with garbage, whether it’s on the shores of Brooklyn or on the blocks of the Upper East Side.
We examined calls made last year to the 311 complaint line to find the blocks with the most reports of dirty conditions, which include things like messy streets and sidewalks, litter and dog waste.”
