An Underground Park – The Lowline Park
Posted by Yuliya Georgieva, Writer on Oct 13, 2012 in Landscape architecture Posts An Underground Park – The Lowline Park Some of us may live in cities where space is not in demand, New York City does not qualify for this category. Designers in such crowded metropolises are becoming more innovative in finding room for public spaces and parks. Traditionally we have studied how to design parks on the ground, on a wall, a rooftop, or in an interior, but without natural light, The Lowline is a concept that will completely change our vision and perception of parks. A number of factors have influenced the idea to transform a former trolley terminal, buried under the streets of The Lower East side into NYC’s first underground park. The growing need for public space, the lack of vacant land in the crowded city, but of course, nothing happens without an idea that makes you laugh at first. The trolley terminal lying in decay for more than fifty years under Delancey Street, in T