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An extraterrestrial presence on the Bronx skyline

To soften life in the high-anxiety center, the designers experimented with phytoremediation, the use of plants to help purify the interior environment. Credit Ángel Franco/The New York Times dbox/Courtesy SOM The first site installation of AMPS will be on the ground floor of the Public Safety Answering Center II in the Bronx, N.Y.

To soften life in the high-anxiety center, the designers experimented with phytoremediation, the use of plants to help purify the interior environment. Credit Ángel Franco/The New York Times

To soften life in the high-anxiety center, the designers experimented with phytoremediation, the use of plants to help purify the interior environment. Credit Ángel Franco/The New York Times