
The High Line Park in New York City, designed by James Corner Field Operations, project lead, with Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Piet Oudolf, is considered to be a remarkable and amazing modern urban park, which is heralded as being an incredible way to reinvent an elevated freight railroad spur. However, the High Line Park is not as original as many people think. The Promenade Plantée in Paris, France runs for 2.8 miles – 1.8 miles longer than High Line Park – elevated above the streets of Paris, and has been a vital pedestrian greenway through the city for nearly 20 years. It too renovated an old elevated rail line and turned it into a pedestrian escape from the hustle of the city.


