NEED TO KNOW | The thin green line | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/environment/the-thin-green-line-investin... Manhattan's High Line, a public park built over an old elevated rail line, has helped the neighborhood's economy bloom and become an incredibly popular spot for residents. Alison Stewart speaks with the man who helped develop it and discusses how to build support for urban parks in spite of tough economic times. Need to Know airs Fridays on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at http://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/

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News & Politics

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• Manhattan
• High Line
• urban park
• High Line NYC
• gentrification
• trust for public land
• Blueprint America
• green space
• rail line
• public parks

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It defied logic they said... Now it has been shown to 'defy all expectations'...

Who do you think was the original owner of all that land across the US of now defunct railroads? The same one behind this project...