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Building a park in the sky

Robert Hammond · TED

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About

New York was planning to tear down the High Line, an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan, when Robert Hammond and a few friends suggested: Why not make it a park? He shares how it happened in this tale of local cultural activism.

The talk

  1. Building a park in the sky 6 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2011
Speaker
Robert Hammond
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Astronomy and space, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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