Tag Archive: Friends of the Trail

Jul 04 2011

A park in the sky – Renewal of New York’s Urban Landscape

"Park in the Sky"

  Once a bustling transport link to Manhattan’s finest industry, The New York High Line became abandoned in the mid-80s. After two decades of neglect the local council created plans to remove the snaking structure from the Manhattan skyline. However, the birth of ‘Friends of the High Line’ represented an unique opportunity for urban renewal: …

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