High Line : the inside story of New York City's park in the sky. / txt
Joshua David and Robert Hammond.
- First edition
- xi, 339 p. ill. ; photo. ; 24cm. book
Include index.
Contents: Preface vii -- Time Line: 1847-1999 viii -- High Line 1 -- Mile and a Half 3 -- Friends of the High Line 9 -- Rails to trails 16 -- Strategy of Sessions 28 -- Demolition? 36 -- At City Hail 41 -- Under the Fence Tour 48 -- Ideas for the High Line 53 -- City Planning 64 -- Four Teams, Four Visions 73 -- Raise the Money 81 -- Railbanked! 89 -- “I Saved the High Line” 93 -- Railyards 101 -- Why Should They Turn It Over To Us? 109 -- Cutting The Ribbon 118 -- AFTERWORD 125 -- PHOTOGRAPHS 131 -- ACKNOLEDGEMENTS 321 -- INDEX 327 --
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High Line (New York, N.Y. : Park)--History. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History. New York N.Y.--History.