Living The High Life

New York greened an old rail line. Could a similar project succeed in Toronto?

Vanessa Farquharson, National Post

Published: 8/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

The train track hovering 30 feet in the air above New York City, known as the High Line, was originally designed to carry freight traffic; but in 1980, after a thriving trucking industry reduced the need for rail service, it carried its last shipment -- three car loads of frozen turkeys.

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Presented by Arch 392, Waterloo Architecture Students Association and the Society of Waterloo Architectural Graduates

Thursday, February 5, 2009
University of Waterloo
Faculty of Engineering | School of Architecture
7 Melville Street South, Cambridge

Mason White, Lateral Office will present Condomanium: Cities of Convenience and Adrian Blackwell will present Fractured Atlas at this the University of Waterloo's Urban Futures Colloquium.

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