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Krzywy Domek

krzyWy domEk (Polish for "crooked house") is an unusually shaped building in Sopot, Poland. It was built in 2004, is about 43,000 sq ft in size, and is part of the Rezydent shopping center. It was designed by Szotyńscy & Zaleski, who were inspired by the fairytale illustrations and drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg. n subsidence in Brooklyn and Queens as well. Lead researcher Tom Parsons emphasized that this subsidence poses heightened risks of natural disasters like flooding and hurricanes for New York City.

The researchers noted, "New York faces considerable challenges due to flood hazards, with the threat of sea level rise being three to four times higher than the global average along the Atlantic coast...” The 8.4 million people in New York City are “exposed to varying degrees of danger from inundation."

The point of the study, Parsons pointed out, was to “raise awareness that every additional high-rise building constructed at coastal, river, or lakefront settings could contribute to future flood risk.” n