High Line Park
New York City, New York, U.S.A.Project Facts
- The High Line Park runs more than 20 blocks from Gansevoort to 20th street. The second phase running from 20th street to 30th street will launch in 2010.
- The High Line is essentially a green roof on top of an elevated railroad track. There are multiple layers within the “living roof,” including a porous drainage layer, gravel, filter fabric, subsoil, and topsoil.
- Materials used in the High Line were selected based on life-cycle costs. Special concrete designed to last long was used to reduce the waste caused by later replacements.
- Parts of the High Line use recirculated water. Plans are underway to harvest rainwater from the roofs of nearby buildings.
- Native, drought-resistant plant species were tailored to the High Line’s micro-climates.
- Friends of the High Line will employ youths aged 16-21 as part of its “Youth Corps” program. Additionally, the High Line Schools program now offers curriculum guides, which were co-developed with the New York City Laboratory School for Collaborative Studies, for grades two through seven. Class visits to the High Line are also part of the educational program.
PROJECT TYPE
- Park
- Urban
- Green roof
- Railway
Environmental Benefits
- Circulates Water
- Improves Walkability
- Recycles Materials
- Reduces C02 Emissions
- Reduces Urban Heat
Links
- The High Line Park
- The High Line Blog
- “Elevated” (New York Magazine, June 7, 2009)
- “High Line’s Secret Garden Grows Where Cows Took Their Last Journey” (Bloomberg News, June 9, 2009)
- “New York’s High Line Park in the Sky Opens” (Inhabitat, June 9, 2009)
- On High, A Fresh Outlook (NY Times, June 9, 2009)
- “On the High Line At Last” (Metropolis Magazine, June 9, 2009)
- “Up in the Park” (New York Review of Books, August 13, 2009)