High Line : the inside story of New York City's park in the sky / Joshua David and Robert Hammond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

David, Joshua, 1963-

Contributor:

Hammond, Robert, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High Line (New York, N.Y. : Park)--History.

High Line (New York, N.Y. : Park).

New York (N.Y.)--History.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

History.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

xi, 339 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.

Summary:

The High Line, a new park atop an elevated rail structure on Manhattan's West Side, is among the most innovative urban reclamation projects in memory. The story of how it came to be is a remarkable one. 256 pp. 40,000 print.

Contents:

Time line : 1847-1999

High Line. Mile and a half ; Friends of the High LIne ; Rails to trails ; Strategy session ; Demolition? ; At City Hall ; Under the Fence tour ; Ideas for the High Line ; City planning ; Four teams, four visions ; Raise the money ; Railbanked! "I saved the High Line" ; Rail yards ; Why should they turn it over to us? ; Cutting the ribbon.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780374532994

0374532990

OCLC:

706021540