The High Line, Manhattan’s elevated rail line-turned-catwalk, gets all the attention, but rails-to-trails projects have been cropping up across the country for decades, and New York City could welcome another soon in Queens. After two years of grassroots organizing, a new phase for a forgotten branch of the Long Island Railroad may lie around the bend.
In August, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) and Friends of the QueensWay announced that WXY Architecture + Urban Design and DLANDSTUDIO Architecture and Landscape Architecture will spearhead a feasibility study for the development of the QueensWay, a 3.5-mile segment of track to be transformed into a landscaped greenway and cultural hub. “This may be the most unique rails-to-trails project in the country,” says Marc Matsil, New York State director for TPL. “It offers a lot of topographic diversity.”
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