Miami Beach’s notorious gridlock has finally gone underwater: but, this time, for a good cause. Just off the coast between 4th and 5th Streets, a convoy of 22 concrete cars now sits 20 feet below the waves, forming , the first installation of The Reefline, a seven-mile underwater sculpture park designed to merge art, science and marine restoration.

The surreal scene marks the debut of the long-awaited hybrid reef, conceived by Argentine curator and cultural placemaker Ximena Caminos and realized in partnership with marine biologists, engineers and artists. Once the cars are in place, they’ll be seeded with 2,200 corals cultivated at Reefline’s Miami Native Coral Lab in Allapattah and attached using Coral Lok, a fast and sustainable coral transplantation system. The goal is t

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