This image was lost some time after publication.


New plans for the revamping of the High Line, the elevated train tracks that snake from the Meatpacking District up through Chelsea, have been released. With work to start by year's end, we await the promise of an elevated urban oasis that climbs above the unceasing din of these gaudy hipster streets, elevating us, for one short moment, above the class stratification of New York City...

The designers are beginning to consider how the High Line will pass through or abut various new buildings, including a 15-story Andr Balazs hotel.

Or, uh, not.
Desigers Detail an Urban Oasis 30 Feet Up [NYTimes]
(image courtesy Friends of the High Line)