Articles tagged “high line”

Cities are reclaiming old transportation sites to make new parks — and tourists are responding.

This would be Paris' High Line: Flooded by tourists but still loved by locals.

The quest for authentic, immersive experiences, palatable enough, is the ethos and the architecture firm behind it is taking it to other buildings and public areas around the world.

In just a few years, the High Line Park has become one of New York's star tourist attractions and a force in revitalizing Manhattan's west side. Construction of its third and final segment is expected to start this fall and city officials expect it to spark another surge in development when it reopens in 2014.

The High Line was never really about the locals, and now it is playing out to its logical conclusion.