2005-04-26
SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING
Highline Park / New York City | Making productive use of underused space, the Highline Project converts an 1.5 mile [2.41 k] stretch of an elevated railway and coverts it into a public access park and walkway |
The High Line runs through three of Manhattan's neighborhoods: South Hell's Kitchen/Hudson Yards, West Chelsea, and the Gansevoort Market Historic District | When the High Line was built in the 1930s, these neighborhoods were dominated by industrial and transportation uses | Now many of the warehouses and factories have been converted to art galleries, design studios,
retailers, restaurants, museums, and residences | It has support of people who live in the area, fits in with a national trend of adaptive re-use of old railbeds as walking trails, and could serve as an unhurried pedestrian corridor in an otherwise [at street level] harried and congested space |
Lest fears arise that such an endeavor would be [perish the thought] bad for business, the planning process has been thoughtful to incorporate how commercial efforts located in proximity to the new walkway could be included | What's to lose?
Highline Park / New York City | Making productive use of underused space, the Highline Project converts an 1.5 mile [2.41 k] stretch of an elevated railway and coverts it into a public access park and walkway |The High Line runs through three of Manhattan's neighborhoods: South Hell's Kitchen/Hudson Yards, West Chelsea, and the Gansevoort Market Historic District | When the High Line was built in the 1930s, these neighborhoods were dominated by industrial and transportation uses | Now many of the warehouses and factories have been converted to art galleries, design studios,
retailers, restaurants, museums, and residences | It has support of people who live in the area, fits in with a national trend of adaptive re-use of old railbeds as walking trails, and could serve as an unhurried pedestrian corridor in an otherwise [at street level] harried and congested space |Lest fears arise that such an endeavor would be [perish the thought] bad for business, the planning process has been thoughtful to incorporate how commercial efforts located in proximity to the new walkway could be included | What's to lose?
MORE INFO?: Click on either picture | The greenway phot on the left connects to the Friends of the Highline website | The conceptual sketch, on th elower right, links to a page that provides connections to some of the many design ideas created in the visioning of this project | CREDIT: One of Cool Hunting's 13 Favorite Links |
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