Guy Nordenson, Professor of Architecture; Paul Lewis *92, Associate Professor of Architecture; Ning Lin *10, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Christopher Little *10, Associate Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School and the Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy; and Enrique Ramirez *13, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Architecture, present a case study of New York City's potential risks in future climate events and adaptive design approaches that could help mitigate or eliminate flood and storm-surge damage. Presented on the occassion of the Many Minds, Many Stripes conference for Princeton's graduate alumni.