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Friends of the High Line

Rails and Roads to Trails

Kevin Walsh | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: West Side Highway, Lirr, Westway, West Side Freight Railroad, Chelsea, Staten Island North Shore, Long Island Rail Road, Vanderbilt Cup Race, Javits-Convention-Center, West Village, High Line, Long Island, Friends of the High Line, Standard Hotel, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, New York News
Kevin Walsh

While the rehabilitation of the High Line as a lively urban space is one of the more exciting things to happen to NYC's streetscapes in years, it's not the first such transformation to take place.

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Hot Time Summer in the City

David Finkle | Posted 08.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Hudson River Promenade, Manhattan, Summer Leisure, The Kindle, West Side Highway, Barry Diller, Friends of the High Line, Pastimes, The High Line, Richard Meier, Frank Gehry, Living, Aic, New York News
David Finkle

Because summer is a great time to explore the City, to take advantage of it, to appreciate it, to revel in it. This explains why many denizens will tell you that far from hustling out of town on weekends, they prefer staying in town.

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Photographers Wanted on High (Line)

Susan Sawyers | Posted 08.05.2009 | Living

Read More: James Corner, Friends of the High Line, Meatpacking District, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Outdoors New York City, Flickr, Meadow, New York City, Urban Oasis, Piet-Oudolf, The High Line, Living News
Susan Sawyers

Built on an abandoned train trestle that had become a trashed out urban eyesore, the unconventional green space, lush with wildflowers and happy urbanites, is an elevated park that won't let you down.

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Story of Reusing The City: Welcome to High Line

Richard Laermer | Posted 07.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Values, Parks, Trendspotting, Reuse, Trends, Green Living, High Line, Friends of the High Line, Bryant Park, New York City, New York, New York News
Richard Laermer

Here, a town with many (other) problems turned an eyesore into what New Yorkers value most -- a public space that cost us nothing out of pocket.

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Why Anya Hindmarch and I Are High on the High Line

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 06.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Anya Hindmarch, High Line, Friends of the High Line, Meatpacking-District, Adam Gopnik, Style News
Melissa Biggs Bradley

The elevated railway in the Meatpacking district that is being transformed into the city's newest public park will open its first phase (from Gansevoort to 20th Street) next month.

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New York's Highline Park Vision: Reclaiming Abandoned Urban Landscape (VIDEO)

Sundance | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, High Line, Friends of the High Line, City Living, Parks, Green News

The High Line park project in New York City is a really cool one -- they're taking an old, unused elevated train track and turning it into a public sp...

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