Bridge 3

In this project, our group chose a site, High Line in New York City.

Part 1: Site Research

High line was inspired by a Paris project named Promenade plantée.
In 2006, High line began to construct the railway into an urban park.
In 1840, many business people came together to plan a railroad. This is the starting of High Line.
Because of so many accident happened between freight trains and other traffics, Tenth Avenue become “Death Avenue”.
In 1934, High line opened to trains.
In the late 1980s, the north end of the High Line was disconnected from the rest of the national railroad system, because High Line would be destroyed.
In 1999, Joshua David and Robert Hammond formed the nonprofit Friends of the High Line.
n 2004, the New York City government committed $50 million to establish the proposed park.
The park was designed by the James Corner‘s New York-based landscape architecture firm Field Operations and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, with planting design from Piet Oudolf of the Netherlands, lighting design from L’Observatoire International,^[8] and engineering design by Buro Happold.
In total, funders of the High Line Park raised more than $150 million.

Our group chose this site because this is a famous site in the New York City. Also, the views on the High Line are very beautiful, so we want to chose a place contains both history and beauty.

Part 2: Site Visit