A Glimpse at the Future High Line@Arch

A straight walkway, running alongside the railroad tracks, is surrounded by a landscape of native species that once grew spontaneously on the High Line, interspersed with new species that ensure bloom throughout the growing season.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

Steel is cut away and replaced by glass, providing a view up 10th Avenue, and revealing High Line visitors to pedestrians on street level.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

The Sundeck, between 14th and 15th Streets, offers unobstructed views over the Hudson River. Water emerges from the spaces between planks to skim the upper walkway, while on the lower level, rail tracks are reinstalled in plantings derived from the High Line's native landscape.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

The structure steps down to the Hudson River, with oversized wooden deck seating along the railroad tracks on the upper level, and a rail preserve with dense native planting on the lower.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

Access points are located approximately every two to three blocks on Sections 1 and 2 of the High Line. In many locations, these access points include both stairs and elevators.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

Steps and ramps cut into an elevated square over 10th Avenue, allowing visitors to descend into the structure.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

The textured concrete walking surface meanders through tall plantings in the Chelsea Thicket.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

Where the High Line begins to narrow in Chelsea, plantings grow denser, with shrubs and trees adding a variety of textures.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

The High Line's only lawn "peels up" at 23rd Street, where the High Line widens, providing crosstown views of the Manhattan skyline and the Hudson River. A stepped seating feature adds another layer of use to this central gathering area.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

Steps and ramps cut into an elevated square over 10th Avenue, allowing visitors to descend into the structure.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

A metal walkway lifts off from High Line level, allowing the landscape to fill in below. Visitors are lifted into the shady canopy of a sumac forest. Planting here takes advantage of a cooler, shadier condition between tall buildings, where trees originally grew up once the trains stopped running.

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

@Source: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/06/25/nyregion/0625-high_index.html