THE HIGH LINEJOHN ZIEMAN, 2006duration: 6 minutes
place: New York, High Line
architect: Diller+Scofidio
themes: mobility + building

This 6-minute documentary film offers an excellent overview of High Line, its history, the movement to save it, and designs for its reuse. It includes gorgeous footage of the structure's elevated rail deck, and footage of the April 2006 Groundbreaking ceremony, as well as interviews with FHL co-founders Robert Hammond and Joshua David, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, actors Edward Norton and Kevin Bacon, designer Diane von Furstenberg, and many others. -- English spoken --