{"id":137,"date":"2005-08-21T00:33:23","date_gmt":"2005-08-21T04:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=137"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:55:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:55:02","slug":"subways-make-underwater-reefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/08\/21\/subways-make-underwater-reefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Subways make underwater reefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyrefill.blogs.com\/daily\/images\/04reefxlarge.jpg\" alt=\"subway reefs\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not sure how many of you know this (we just found out, too): since 2001, a slew of New York City subway cars have been dumped into the ocean up and down the east coast of the US to help create artifical reefs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hangitonthewall.com\/MASTER\/IceCream\/Images\/PDIC-16.jpg\">Good Humor<\/a> trucks have even been used. This seems insane to us, and some states have decided to stop this weird practise. 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