A seawall at Bayfront Park on Longboat Key is getting a makeover with the goal of creating a new home for oysters, crabs, starfish, and other marine life following the installation of “living tiles.”
Watch full report from Michael Paluska
The project, led by Miami-based Kind Designs, marks the company’s first work on Florida’s West coast — and the first installation for a government client.
“I’m seeing the living tiles in the water for the first time. They’re amazing,” Anya Freeman, founder and CEO of KindDesigns said. “Hearing that there’s already crabs and starfish living on the seawalls is extremely exciting.”
In April, Tampa Bay 28 reporter Michael Paluska recently traveled to Miami to see how the living seawalls and tiles are constructed…