{"id":35541,"date":"2012-12-04T16:05:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T20:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=35541"},"modified":"2012-12-05T19:59:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T23:59:04","slug":"high-line-in-late-november-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=35541","title":{"rendered":"High Line in late November 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Must I really squeeze in one more post on the High Line in 2012? Have we become bored and cynical already about this dream of a garden on an abandoned railway trestle made real against seemingly insurmountable odds? (Yes to the former and a resounding no! to the latter. Not on my blog anyway.) I don’t know if the hipster doll left on the High Line a few weeks ago was meant to allude to recent controversies<\/a> revolving around accusations that the runaway success of the High Line<\/a> park was responsible for “Disneyfying” the surrounding neighborhood. <\/p>\n


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At least I think<\/em> it’s a toy. The photographer didn’t say. Left purposely or simply forgotten, I just hope there was no anti-hipster voodoo involved.
\nMB Maher<\/a> was in NYC last week and grabbed a quick portrait of the High Line in early winter, including this well-dressed hobo debating whether to ride the rails. (Possible caption: Is relentless pursuit of the hip a train to nowhere<\/em>?)<\/p>\n

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More signs of affection for the High Line.<\/p>\n

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The High Line without Oudolf’s emotional planting would still be worth visiting for the great views, similar to strolling across the Brooklyn Bridge or Golden Gate Bridge. <\/p>\n

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Giving us access to views previously granted only to birds.<\/p>\n

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Nourishment for us, nourishment for the birds.<\/p>\n

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Laying down new tracks in urban garden design: Is it a garden threaded through a city, or is the city now threaded through a garden?<\/p>\n

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Because urban parks aim for creating utilitarian space, they are oftentimes monocultures, stripped of species diversity. A garden aims for the transformative, urging us to escape into another world. I think the High Line successfully merges urban park and garden, simultaneously intensifying the appreciation of both the built and natural world by immersion in both.<\/p>\n

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Tidy, formal parks, with their authoritarian focal points, can seem like bon-bons attempting to satisfy ravenous, denatured urban appetites. I find that the shifting perspectives, stark contrasts, and wildly rich plantings make the High Line a four-season feast.<\/p>\n

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\nLast post on the High Line for 2012, I swear<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\nEdited to correct photo attribution; photos 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 taken by J. Mericle\/threadandbones<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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