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WALKING THE HIGH LINE - JOEL STERNFELD LEINEN

All of the stars had to align for the High Line to be saved-and they did. This little book was
one of those stars. - Joel Sternfeld    In one of his last acts as mayor of New York City  Rudy
Giuliani signed an order permitting the High Line  that beloved elevated railroad ruin which
snaked down the west side of Manhattan  to be torn down. Everyone who had managed to climb up
onto the High Line loved it: the wildflowers growing through disused tracks  the birds that
followed the path north in spring  and south again in fall-that rural feeling magically flowing
through the city like an unbidden river. Who didn't love the High Line? Those who owned the
land beneath it and longed to erect high-rise buildings on the site  if only the High Line
wasn't blocking their way. And so when Giuliani signed that order  the Friends of the High Line
the small community organization led by Robert Hammond and Joshua David  sprang into legal
action  seeking an injunction.    For over a year  Joel Sternfeld had already been
photographing this hidden jewel in every season  so New Yorkers could visually climb up and see
it too. In October 2001  while the rubble of the World Trade Center was still smoldering 
Gerhard Steidl accepted Sternfeld's urgent request to make a book and flew to New York:
together they designed Walking the High Line and just seven weeks later it was delivered  a
vision for the wildly successful park that today hosts over two million visitors a year. Now in
a new edition with nine additional photos  a larger format and an updated timeline  this is the
book that made walking the High Line possible.

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