City Development: The Highline, New York City
Continuing the massive urban redevelopment efforts that started in NYC, decades ago, slightly interrupted by 9/11, The Highline (http://www.thehighline.org) is another new park in NYC, on top of the old elevated train tracks on the west side of Manhattan. The first section runs from Gansevoort Street, in the Meatpacking District, to West 20th Street, in Chelsea, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues.
Apart from being another innovative urban development idea which marries city and sustainable concepts, the Highline also features a city and neighborhood community. I am sure the Park’s peculiar format and location will attract many New Yorkers and visitors alike. I am going to check it out for sure. Says Ross von Berg:
The High-Line Park has captured that kind of spirit but with inevitably more restrictions on what is and isn’t allowed. The elevation makes you feel a little above and outside it all. Its a pleasant point of view not often experienced by New Yorkers, a kind of ‘Island in the Sky Feeling.’ It offers a common amenity made for both the occasional stroll and a viewing pleasure from a unique perspective.
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Green hope to plant two lakh trees-save nature for future-a special report
Come Sunday, and the city is all set to go green as Navi Mumbai is will witness the biggest annual greening drive. City NGO Green Hope, for the second year in a row is organizing a major tree plantation drive where in 2 lacs trees will be planted across Navi Mumbai.
Humankind has an obligation to put right the damage we’ve caused, and evidence suggests the planet has a remarkable ability to heal, if we give it a helping hand. Planting trees is seen as one of the most important things the average man in the street can do, because of its environmental impact….
http://navimumbai-ganeshjinaik.blogspot.com/2009/07/green-hope-to-plant-two-lakh-trees-save.html
July 10th, 2009 at 12:49 pm