Category: On Travel

High Line Park, 2009, James Corner + Diller Scofidio + Renfro + et al

The 2.33 km Park, was originally part of an elevated rail road track conceived by Robert Moses in 1934. Originally proposed to help reduce road-train accidents after the intersection of Tenth Avenue was dubbed as Death Avenue. The newly proposed Rail directly connected to factories and warehouses by crossing over building blocks instead of over the New York streets. Following the Depression the use of the Highline was lacking and eventually led to its abandonment. In 1999, the formulation of a Highline neighborhood advocate group known as “Friends of the Highline” began as a response against the neighboring property owners’ demolition efforts of the bridge. After their success of stopping the demolition processes Friends of the High Line and the City of New York began selecting a design team to develop the landscape and design for the High-line.

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