The High Line NYC - Walkway
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Built: 2009 - 2018 (Ongoing)
The High Line is an abandoned elevated freight rail line that has been transformed into a public park on Manhattan's West Side. It is a 1.45 mile-long elevated, steel structure built in the 1930s for freight trains; the last train ran on it in 1980. It is owned by the City of New York, and maintained and operated by Friends of the High Line. The High Line is, according to its converts (and they are legion), the happily-ever-after at the end of an urban fairy tale. It's a "flying carpet," "our generation's Central Park," something akin to "Alice in Wonderland ... through the keyhole and you're in a magical place." Inspired by the wild seeded landscape left after the line had been abandoned, the landscape architects created a paving system that encourages natural growth which creates a 'pathless' landscape, intertwined with a dynamic planting palette, and intricate details within the built landscape.
The High Line is an abandoned elevated freight rail line that has been transformed into a public park on Manhattan's West Side. It is a 1.45 mile-long elevated, steel structure built in the 1930s for freight trains; the last train ran on it in 1980. It is owned by the City of New York, and maintained and operated by Friends of the High Line. The High Line is, according to its converts (and they are legion), the happily-ever-after at the end of an urban fairy tale. It's a "flying carpet," "our generation's Central Park," something akin to "Alice in Wonderland ... through the keyhole and you're in a magical place." Inspired by the wild seeded landscape left after the line had been abandoned, the landscape architects created a paving system that encourages natural growth which creates a 'pathless' landscape, intertwined with a dynamic planting palette, and intricate details within the built landscape.
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