In a Sustainabilty Task Force Meeting on campus the other day, I was alerted to the fact that there is a mysterious brook near some NYU property called Minetta Brook which has disapeared! That's nuts! It is the source of many a blog speculation, but I am blown away!

Mostly I am tripped out by the fact that New York City used to have natural features like that. They tell me it used to be a forest. A forest! I am stoked nowadays when I see plants on fire escapes.Brooks mean that little animals used to poke around foliage and drink from it (I am imagining Bambi obviously)

What do you guys think about this phenomenon? There is some speculation that the stream is likely redirected directly to storm drains, meaning it turns into polluted, unsueable sludge instead of sinking back into groud water reserves.  Which is a strike against. But look at that picture of Bambi, and tell me we don't need some more of that around the city.