Awesome solution to paint cities green. From SustainableCities.dk:
June 2009 saw the opening of New York’s High Line, a coherent stretch of green parkland on an old elevated railway on Manhattan. The new park immediately became a major attraction. A second section is expected to open in 2010 to give New Yorkers a 2.3 kilometer- (1.5 mile-) long green corridor. The High Line railway, which was in operation until 1980, now fulfils in its new function as a much sought after green area in the Big Apple. (Read more)
Old elevated railway in Manhattan becomes a park
12.12.10
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