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New York City testing post-disaster housing

The authorities plan to deploy these stackable apartment pods as temporary homes while awaiting rebuilding

Published Wed, Oct 21, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    STAINLESS-STEEL appliances. Cabinetry hand-built by Amish artisans. A shower flush with the floor - both sleek and accessible. And gorgeous sunsets from a private balcony overlooking Cadman Plaza and the Manhattan Bridge.

    This is not some new luxury development on the border of Brooklyn Heights. From the outside, at least, those passing by on the ramps to the Brooklyn Bridge might even mistake it for a set of buff shipping containers. Yet they could come to count on this home in a box.

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