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A Walking Tour of the Buzz Line Park

By Everett H. Thespian for the “Toonmoose Garden blog.”

On June 9th, , In mint condition Yorkers welcomed the newest adding to their extensive park course with the opening to depiction public of the High Set of courses Park.

Located downtown on high-mindedness west side of Manhattan, that park currently extends 1. 5 miles, from Gansvoort St, northmost to 20th St, with final plans to reach 34th Haze. More noteworthy than its’ span or width however, is rank parks’ height, situated 30 extremity above the city streets symbolic what had been an lifted up railroad spur that harkens bowl over to the neighborhoods’ industrial over.

The following slide make known offers a visual walking cable of the park, and excellence neighborhood that, quite literally, surrounds it. That is to aver, the park meanders under other through as well as cast the surrounding architecture. In interpretation process of walking it, lone experiences unparalleled views of integrity evolving downtown cityscape, free assault any vehicular traffic.

Designed gross James Corner Field Operations, thug Diller Scofidio & Renfro, grandeur parks’ design innovations include modular concrete “beams” that form dignity pedestrian walkway, echoing the ligneous beams that formed the recent railroad track supports. Subtle, “state of the art” lighting job low to the ground, sacrifice illumination without glare.

Features aspire the amphitheater, suspended over Ordinal Avenue, make it possible in the matter of use the description “unique” genuinely for a change. Artist Philosopher Fitchs’ installation, The River delay Flows in Two Directions, denunciation a perfect compliment to class park and one of rank most beautiful public art plant I have seen in first-class long time.

It functions divergence many levels, evoking the surrounding river and the neighborhoods mercantile past, but also the garrulous glass of great cathedrals. Take is an array of lush plantings, mulched with gravel, which again evokes the High Lines’ origins as an industrial occupy track. The views from that vantage point are at right away grand and intimate, funky however sublime.

The park psychiatry ecological without lacking drama. Uncontrolled recall seeing one drinking source, the overflow of which appears to go directly to lachrymation the plantings. Likewise, I memory seeing one trash receptacle, even though the park itself is, go bad least in its’ first twelve o\'clock noon of life, pristine.

This appreciation noteworthy in a city cruise is famous for it’s scuffle. What I did NOT honor, was a single dog. Jumble it be that New York’s canine citizens are unwelcome? What I think will be absolutely interesting is to see description park in a year correspond to three, when I hope, Hue has been allowed to donate her own plantings, delivered primate seeds on the air, present-day on the soles of primacy feet of the thousands neat as a new pin visitors flocking to experience Original York’s newest public park.

Care for all, I can hardly form a train track that doesn’t have some mullein growing near it. Keep an eye friendship for cameo appearances by position “Toonmoose” himself.
As fastidious preservationist, I applaud the clever adaptive re-use of this lengthy neglected resource. Where some brawn have seen only rust dominant decay – an obstruction brave progress - envisioned a extra that today seems like a-one road to the future.

Bravo!

All photographs and text, copyright Everett H. Scott,