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 co-founder of Friends of the High Line, Robert Hammond helped lead the effort to build an elevated park on an abandoned railway line in Manhattan.

Building a Park On An Abandonded Elevated Train Line in NYC

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Let's do English ESL general vocabulary practice. New York was planning to tear down the High Line, an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan, when Robert Ham…