Greenpoint Gotham Greens

Our man in Havana ( actually a knowledgeable source at Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center ) tells us that Gotham Greens will be building a third of an acre hydroponic rooftop greenhouse with the design assistance of BrightFarm Systems, a NYC Building Integrated Agriculture (BIA) design firm.

The footprint is a nearly square 125' by 128' not counting the photovoltaic PV array and water supply pumping and storage cistern.

It is to be located on the roof of 1205 Manhattan Ave 77 Commercial Street in Greenpoint.

HD Tomatoes

Seems like everything these days is High Definition. Even urban farming. DRR (Dan Rather Reports) on HDnet ran a hard-edged hour-long show Up On The Farm -- a hard-edged pun on rooftop agriculture.

Officials of Gotham Greens adroitly fielded Dan Jr.'s hard-edged questions:

We have the technology. It's there. What's also great is it's economically viable as a form of farming-- which is really important, 'cause typically you think of well, is it? That's one of my core questions. Can it be made economically viable?

* photo cc-by gsfc flickr

Temple of Green

The Temple of the Restoration at 148-02 Archer Ave, Jamaica, Queens, NY must answer to a higher authority. The NYC Department of Buildings has clocked it for sundry building violations.

But a planned cover-up may help. The Queens Courier reported last month that Gotham Greens plans to build a 10,000 square foot (quarter acre) hydroponic roof-top greenhouse.

Mind you this is next to the diesel-spewing Long Island Railroad tracks. Mmm, I can almost taste those nano-carcinogen Buckyballs infused into my tomatoes.