NYC at its best

This has been a 10+ year endeavor which now has parts of it open to the public. Not just a park but a City Park. They have created a balance between the concrete:landscape ratio, which changes from one area to another. But I believe that the central idea behind the High Line is the creation of an Awareness of the intermingling of nature and society. How the plants creep up from railway ties. How the cement gives way to grass with a slatted edge. And how it elucidates the impact of society on nature, for example: the water fountain photo below.

It does not have the usual sink drain where the water disappears. This fountain has the excess water follow a trough, then down the side of the fountain, and finally, the water disappears in a typical street drain. This makes a visual connection between the user and their waste.

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/06/the_high_line_o.html