November 13, 2013
New York City’s High Line park has just announced plans to add The Spur, the bowl-shaped gateway to the park’s third and final phase, the High Line at the Rail Yards.
Accessed through a circular structure lined with dense woodland … Read More...
Category: Greening
Tags: elevated railway park, Friends of the High Line, greening public spaces, High Line, High Line at the Rail Yards, Hudson Rail Yards, landscape architecture, Manhattan Parks, Meatpacking District, NYC, NYC Parks, The Spur, urban green space, urban planning, Urban renewal
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May 8, 2013
Underground mushroom farm and park by Fletcher Priest. Photo: Fletcher Priest.
The success of the High Line, an elevated park extending from the Meatpacking District up to 34th Street on Manhattan’s West Side, has begun inspiring similar projects. From Santa … Read More...
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening
Tags: elevated parks, High Line, public parks, reclaimed property, underground urban park, urban parks, urban public space
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