The High Line

I've been reading about the High Line project for a while, and thinking about how wonderful the idea of it to create quite literally a park on an disused elevated railway line in New York.

it got me thinking about the old evaluated railway in the east end, how fantastic would it be for London to do the same? I now think it's a crying shame they knocked down half of the railway arches when they were building the Overground in Shoreditch

I find this interesting too, I have the joel sternfeld book documenting the high line. Agreed, it would be great to have something similiar in London.

I walked along the highline this summer. It is a lovely space in the middle of the city. Lots of people were using it as a place to have lunch, wander, relax etc. There were some really nice design features that used / preserved some of the parts of the railway. It is quite short at the moment, but I think that it is an ongoing project and is in the process of being extended. Well worth a visit if you go to NYC.

That bench looks like a perfect grind box / lunch ramp.

Something similar has been done in Paris (I don't know when...)

http://www.a-paris.net/A-paris-balade-paris.htm

Shame on me, I've never been there...

Szia

Loic

I walked along the highline earlier this summer with my kids and it was definitely the highlight of our trip to NY. It was packed and not just with tourists. (loads of people eating lunch, exercising, sunbathing etc.) Also the Empire Diner (the famous art deco railway carriage diner that you see in loads of films) is at the North exit of the highline. Well worth a visit if you're a pig like me. I think London often seems to sacrifice imagination and inspiration for convenience and profit in matters of this kind when compared to other great cities like NY or Paris.

I was there a few weeks ago. Was awright. There's a nuts hotel on it that my family were staying in; nice bar.