Scavenger Hunt in New Mannahatta - Chapter 5
Chapter 5: Sink or Swim
Scavenger Hunt in New Mannahatta takes place in a world where New Mannahatta, a theoretical in-fill project in lower Manhattan, is actually built.
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Without further ado, here’s Chapter 5: Sink or Swim.
THE ARCHIPELAGO MARKET: BLUE FOOD IS THE NEW FARM-TO-TABLE
If your arugula arrives by truck, send it back! The Archipelago Market on the district’s eastern side is for people who believe in ‘Blue Food’ as the Gospel. Everything arrives by sail freight or electric barge, so your dinner has a lower carbon footprint than your own breath.
We tried the kelp-fed burger at Berm & Barrel and honestly? You can’t taste the algae (if you get the cheeseburger). It smells like brine and you can’t get a table, so it’s the perfect place for a romantic evening.
Look for the stall that sells ‘Storm Stouts’. They use beer brewed from desalinated floodwater. It is boozier than you’d expect.
The notification buzzed Kevin and Jenny’s phones at the same time. Aaron looked down at his watch. The fourth clue had just been received.
I watch the storms so you can sleep. My eyes are radar. My muscles are pumps. Find the brain which holds back the sea.
“That’s the Museum of Climate Adaptation,” Kevin announced immediately. He turned away from the market and pointed north, up the avenue. His finger landed on a shimmering, white structure that looked like a fashionable iceberg. “That has to be the right answer. The building’s façade is a sensory array that powers a real-time exhibit of the city’s weather. It ‘watches the storms’.”
