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New York’s High Line to Open Final Garden Featuring 2,000 Perennials in November

This November, New York City's High Line will unveil its final garden at West 34th Street, culminating a transformative journey from an old freight line to a vibrant public park. Boasting 2,000 perennials alongside newly paved pathways and informative signage, this garden is distinctive in its grounded plantings. When finished,…

The Times of India · Oct 30

High Line Becomes Park: freight viaduct saved from demolition; now draws about eight million visitors

The High Line was once an elevated freight railway built in the 1930s to move meat, dairy products, produce and other goods through Manhattan while keeping dangerous freight trains off city streets. Train traffic eventually declined, and the last train ran in 1980. For years, the structure faced demolition before…

The Times of India · Sep 23

Camden Highline, London’s answer to New York park, is scrapped

Project organisers say high costs and energy crisis have scuppered green route from Camden to King’s Cross

The Guardian - UK · May 13

One High Line’s twisting towers by BIG dance in New York

One High Line by Bjarke Ingels’ BIG is completed in New York, including a home interior by designer Dan Fink

Wallpaper · Jun 23, 2023

3 shot, 1 fatally, outside Manhattan event space outside New York City park

NEW YORK — Three people were shot, one fatally, outside an event space a half-block from High Line park in Chelsea, police said Sunday.

Tribune News Service · Nov 13, 2022

‘I want a president who has been gaybashed’: America’s underground anthem

Zoe Leonard wanted a leader who had been on welfare, lost a lover to Aids, and much more. Sadly her plea, penned in 1992 and later displayed beneath New York’s High Line, is just as relevant today

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2022

Why turning old city bridges into new urban parks is such a great idea

The recent opening of the Castlefield Viaduct Sky Park in Manchester, UK, has brought fresh attention to the growing number of projects that reuse urban infrastructures to create linear parks.

The Conversation · Aug 9, 2022

The Moore, New York hotel review: A chic townhouse base near the High Line

A home-from-home in one of Manhattan’s loveliest residential neighbourhoods, this smart, design-led townhouse puts you within reach of NYC’s so-now High Line area, says Lucy Thackray

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Headed to NYC for a long weekend? Here's a guide for a whirlwind art tour

NEW YORK — A large fiberglass sculpture in the shape of a military drone hovers 25 feet above the High Line, the elevated public park on Manhattan's West Side. Although from afar it might be mistaken for the real thing, this drone is a piece by artist Sam Durant, who…

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

Defunct railways being transformed into elevated walking trails

Projects are seen in many parts of the nation to convert disused elevated railways and roads into walking trails, modeled after the High Line in New York, a tourist spot made from a defunct rail line.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jun 9, 2022