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High Line Begins Design Process for Final Section

By Gwynne Hogan | October 8, 2015 4:34pm
 The last section of the High Line will be designed to host the park's public programming.
The last section of the High Line will be designed to host the park's public programming.
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CHELSEA — The final section of the High Line, which juts east off from the main walkway at 30th Street and crosses 10th Avenue, will be designed with public programming in mind, the planning director for Friends of the High Line said.

The concept for the last section of the High Line was presented at a public meeting last week and now planners will buckle down and come up with a finalized design in the next few months, park spokeswoman Amanda Fox said.

The oddly-shaped 10,000-square-foot section, called the spur by planners, is the park's broadest chunk,  essentially the size of an average city intersection, Vice President of Planning and Design Adam Ganser said.

"We don't have any wide open spaces like this one and so this will be one of the locations where we can really focus on the programming we do," said Ganser.

The concept for the last section also includes two tiered seating areas that offer views north south east and west along 10th Avenue and 30th Street as well as towards a central area so it can be used for events, Ganser said.