The High Line

How VIADUCTgreene – An Elevated Urban Garden – Is Going To Change The Face of Philadelphia

by February 16, 2013 – Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Musings

In the past few years since I first heard about VIADUCTgreene, it has gone from being a nascent organization with hopes of developing Philadelphia’s own version of The High Line to a pulsating, vibrant not for profit that is going to change the landscape of Philadelphia~ transforming it from being a terrific city into an [...]

The High Line – A Breathtaking Public Green Roof Garden in NYC Built on Elevated Railroad Tracks

by July 15, 2010 – Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Plants

Visiting the High Line is one of those magical experiences where once you taste it, you’ll want to go back for more. Several flights of stairs above the ground, designed on old railroad tracks (in operation from 1934-1980 ) with the buildings of Manhattan and the Hudson River as a backdrop, the High Line is paradoxically both a soothing and extraordinarily stimulating public park.   It runs from Gansevoort Street in the [...]