Screen LibraryOn the High Line : exploring America's most original urban park /
On the High Line, first published in 2012, is an engaging guide to everything a visitor sees when strolling through the park: the innovative gardens and their thousands of native and exotic plant species; the architecture, both old and new, industrial and residential; and a neighborhood whose colorf...
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Thames & Hudson,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Revised and updated edition. |
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| Summary: |
On the High Line, first published in 2012, is an engaging guide to everything a visitor sees when strolling through the park: the innovative gardens and their thousands of native and exotic plant species; the architecture, both old and new, industrial and residential; and a neighborhood whose colorful history includes the birth of the railroad, the Manhattan Project, S&M clubs, and the legendary Tenth Avenue Cowboy. In 2014, the final half-mile section of the park will open, and visitors will encounter a very different High Line experience: stunning vistas of the Hudson River; a birds-eye vi |
| Item Description: | "Fully updated & revised plus the High Line at the Rail Yards"--Cover |
| Carrier Form: | 226 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-222) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780500291412 (pbk.) : 0500291411 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | F128 |
| CLC: | TU986.671.2 |
| Call Number: | TU986.671.2/L159 |