Coastal residents fear ‘hideous’ seawalls will block waterfront views

The Guardian examined the backlash against the Army Corps’ $5 billion plan to wall Miami off from climate change with a massive concrete seawall through Biscayne Bay and downtown — a proposal now back to the drawing board over its cost, aesthetics, and social inequity. Miami Waterkeeper Executive Director Rachel Silverstein, who is pressing for nature-based solutions like mangroves and oyster beds instead, framed the stakes plainly: “Miami is all about our connection to the water… At what point are people not going to want to live here any more?”