Mutual-aid kitchens, boat ownership, practical flood knowledge, and fierce disagreement about relocation grants.
Saint Morrow · District file · The floodplain neighbourhoods
Silt Ward
Low blocks between the old river bend and the floodwall, resilient communities living with pumps, insurance maps, and recurring water.
Street-level brief
The floodplain neighbourhoods
Low blocks between the old river bend and the floodwall, resilient communities living with pumps, insurance maps, and recurring water.
Raised porches, flood-adapted brick, patched duplexes, municipal pump houses, and new housing on engineered berms.
Multigenerational households, renters, flood-remediation crews, new families, and small manufacturers.
The official flood map omits three blocks where the city has quietly installed extra level sensors.
At the lowest tide, a dry street can be heard beneath the pump station, complete with a running tap.
On the map
Landmarks and local knowledge.
Landmarks
- Vey Floodwall
- Pump House 4
- Silt Ward Co-op
Famous locations
- Morrow's Boat Repair
- The High-Water Kitchen
- Canal Footbridge
Story engine
The work waiting here.
Adventure opportunity
Keep a pump online during a black-water surge; decide whether to publish a relocation map that names living residents.
Story opportunity
The floodwall records the height of water from a flood that local archives say never happened.
Expansion runway
Climate adaptation, community-led mysteries, flood terrain, service-worker casts, and rescue-focused scenarios.
Art direction · Placeholder photography in use
Build this district in colour Great Lakes floodplain street, raised porches, floodwall, pump house, rain-dark brick, shallow reflective water