On the High Line: Exploring America's Most Original Urban Park

On the High Line: Exploring America's Most Original Urban Park

A fully revised, updated edition of the award-winning guide to the High Line, the park that transformed an entire neighborhood and became an inspiration to cities around the globe
When the High Line opened in 2009 it was expected to attract around 300,000 visitors a year. In 2013, more than four million came. A survey by Travel & Leisure ranked it #10 on a list of the worldâ€™s most popular landmarks.

On the High Line, first published in 2012, is an engaging guide to everything a visitor sees when strolling through the park: the innovative gardens and their thousands of native and exotic plant species; the architecture, both old and new, industrial and residential; and a neighborhood whose colorful history includes the birth of the railroad, the Manhattan Project, S&M clubs, and the legendary Tenth Avenue Cowboy.

In 2014, the final half-mile section of the park will open, and visitors will encounter a very different High Line experience: stunning vistas of the Hudson River; a birds-eye view of the trains in the working Hudson Rail Yards; and the original, self-sown landscape that emerged in the abandoned rail bed and inspired the High Lineâ€™s early champions. Striking new views of the city will be opened throughout.

The updated edition includes sixteen new pages devoted to the final section of the park, with original photography, design renderings, and a new essay by Rick Darke. The book has also been updated throughout to reflect dozens of changes in the neighborhood since first publication.
Country USA
Brand Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer Thames & Hudson
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780500291412
ReleaseDate 2014-05-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780500291412

Country	USA
Brand	Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer	Thames & Hudson
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780500291412
ReleaseDate	2014-05-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780500291412

On the High Line: Exploring America's Most Original Urban Park

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