First Public Presentation on High Line Designs (20th to 30th Sts.)

By Aaron Donovan
Oct 18, 2007

Please join Friends of the High Line and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to preview and weigh in on the new High Line designs.

This will be the first public opportunity to see preliminary design plans for Section 2 of the High Line (20th Street to 30th Street). The High Line design team lead, James Corner, principal of landscape architecture firm Field Operations, and Ricardo Scofidio, of architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, will present the design concept, answer questions, and take comments.

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