ASSIGNMENTS | The high line 

“MIRACLE ABOVE MANHATTAN”    |    National Geographic Magazine    |    April, 2011

“MIRACLE ABOVE MANHATTAN” National Geographic Magazine     April, 2011

When we were assigned to do a feature on the High Line, New York City’s newest park, it was still a work in progress. For many years real estate developers were demanding that a defunct railroad trestle, thirty feet above the street, be demolished. But local advocates had other thoughts.  
Their dream was to transform this decaying railway into a vibrant public park. The dreamers won, and today the High Line is one of New York City’s most visited attractions, and serves as an inspiration for other cities to reimagine unused industrial sites. Ironically those same real estate developers now clamor to get permits to build next to the very structure they wanted destroyed.
“MIRACLE ABOVE MANHATTAN”                  National Geographic Magazine    |    April, 2011

ASSIGNMENTS | The high line

“MIRACLE ABOVE MANHATTAN” National Geographic Magazine     April, 2011

Southern terminus of The High Line, New York, NY

Southern terminus of The High Line, New York, NY

The High Line, New York, NY

The High Line, New York, NY

Fireworks over Hudson River, The High Line, New York, NY

Fireworks over Hudson River, The High Line, New York, NY

The High Line, looking north, New York, NY

The High Line, looking north, New York, NY

Tenth Avenue Square, The High Line, New York, NY

Tenth Avenue Square, The High Line, New York, NY

Chelsea Grasslands, The High Line, New York, NY

Chelsea Grasslands, The High Line, New York, NY

The High Line, looking south, New York, NY

The High Line, looking south, New York, NY

Chelsea Passage, The High Line, New York, NY

Chelsea Passage, The High Line, New York, NY

Northern Spur, The High Line, New York, NY

Northern Spur, The High Line, New York, NY

The High Line, New York, NY

The High Line, New York, NY

The High Line, New York, NY

The High Line, New York, NY

Tracks, Hudson Yards, The High Line, New York, NY

Tracks, Hudson Yards, The High Line, New York, NY

Looking west to the Hudson River, The High Line, New York, NY

Looking west to the Hudson River,
The High Line, New York, NY

Railroad Tracks, Hudson Yards, The High Line, New York, NY

Railroad Tracks, Hudson Yards,
The High Line, New York, NY

The High Line, from Phillips de Pury Gallery, New York, NY

The High Line, from Phillips de Pury Gallery, New York, NY

“MIRACLE ABOVE MANHATTAN” National Geographic Magazine     April, 2011

“MIRACLE ABOVE MANHATTAN”    |    National Geographic Magazine    |    April, 2011

ASSIGNMENTS | The high line 

When we were assigned to do a feature on the High Line, New York City’s newest park, it was still a work in progress. For many years real estate developers were demanding that a defunct railroad trestle, thirty feet above the street, be demolished. But local advocates had other thoughts.  
Their dream was to transform this decaying railway into a vibrant public park. The dreamers won, and today the High Line is one of New York City’s most visited attractions, and serves as an inspiration for other cities to reimagine unused industrial sites. Ironically those same real estate developers now clamor to get permits to build next to the very structure they wanted destroyed.
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