A pretty cool park is being built in Manhattan called, "the High Line". This park was designed on an abandoned stretch of elevated railway.
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| View of High Line park, located on an elevated rail line. |
"The park itself is remarkably designed, a work led by landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations, with architecture by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and landscaping by
Piet Oudolf (one of our 100 Most Creative People). But it's still a work in progress: So far, only a 2.8 acre stretch of the park has been completed, corresponding with the blocks between Gansevoort and 20th street. A second phase, between 20th street and 30th street, will begin construction in a few weeks, with completion slated for 2010. Together, those two sections will cost $152 million. A third, final section has yet to be developed. And the Whitney Museum is slated to open a new downtown branch below the first portion as well."
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| Observation Deck |
A signature touch by DS+R: The sunken observation deck that peers over the street below. Most of their big buildings--such as
Alice Tully Hall and
Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art feature similar types of floating, jutting observation platforms--reflective of Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio's long abiding fascination with surveillance and carefully framed vistas.
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| View of Plant materials |
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| View of High Line Park |
The plant materials used in the design are meant to resemble the plant materials seen growing along unused train tracks. This is a great example of how the unpleasant features of the city can become desirable, aesthetically pleasing amenities to the communities they once burdened.
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High Line
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