In 2012, Yonkers tore up a downtown parking lot to uncover a river buried for decades; within six months it had created 14,000 sq ft of aquatic habitat
- Saw Mill River, Yonkers, New YorkFor decades, a section of the Saw Mill River in downtown Yonkers, New York, ran underground beneath a parking lot.
- The river had once helped the city grow into an industrial town, but as land became scarce, parts of the waterway were squeezed into smaller spaces and eventually covered.
- The last section of the river in downtown Yonkers was covered in the 1920s.
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- Saw Mill River, Yonkers, New YorkFor decades, a section of the Saw Mill River in downtown Yonkers, New York, ran underground beneath a parking lot.
- The river had once helped the city grow into an industrial town, but as land became scarce, parts of the waterway were squeezed into smaller spaces and eventually covered.
- The last section of the river in downtown Yonkers was covered in the 1920s.
Sources: Times of India