If you want to learn more about life in New York as well as want to experience more authentically the life of people living and working in New York City, you definitely cannot ignore High Line Park (High Line Park). Line park), a peaceful place in the middle of the day to help people calm down amidst the chaos of this busy city, where many people easily feel stressed under the pressure of work in modern life. .

A peaceful green space in the heart of the bustling city. If coming to the central park, tourists and locals can find tranquility when entering this vast 340-hectare campus, when coming to the High Line park, people only need to go up a few floors to have You can feel this peace. The fact that the park was located a few floors higher than the street below opened up a more open space than he, helping the High Line separate from the noisy traffic and dust below. Looking to the west of the park, visitors can admire the Hudson River from a different angle than moving directly on the river, and when looking back to 14th Street, one can see layers of architecture intertwined. of the high-rise buildings of a busy city.

The High Line was originally a railroad structure built in the 1930s and operated during the Great Depression, running between 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue on the west side of Manhattan. However, this work was discontinued in 1980 and there was a lot of conflict about how to handle the High Line: should it be demolished or kept.

Efforts to revive the site amid the removal disputes have paid off when a non-profit organization founded by Joshua David and Robert Hammond called Friends of the High Line campaigned project to renovate and reuse High Line into a recreation and relaxation area for local residents. Through a redesign competition, architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro (one of the design firms for the world famous Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) was selected and their project was made public. Publicly and absorbing people's comments on the design before the official construction of the project in 2006. It can be said that this is the clearest proof of a public building built entirely for the benefit of the people. .

There are many factors that contribute to the uniqueness of the High Line Park because it is a harmonious combination between modernity (the park is designed with a modern breath) and ancient tradition (designed with a modern design). Designed from the old railway line, one of the projects that protects the environment and is extremely smart and ingenious in design when reusing industrial waste of urbanization. Uniquely combining industrial rails with natural elements such as trees and flowers, High Line Park is essentially a witness to what New York City, as well as the United States, has experienced. The park is open to all visitors free of charge and on all days from 7 am to 11 pm.

Address: The High Line, New York, NY 10011.