This summer marked the opening of High Line Park, a green space on top of an old elevated railroad trestle.

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The company has pushed hard to endear itself to New Yorkers, most recently sponsoring a new outdoor rollerskating rink below the High Line park.

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Add to that its prime location, under the southern end of the new High Line park, and Biergarten ranks as my third favourite, with the added chance to beer garden hop.

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This is the start of the High Line Park, the first section of which opened in June 2009 and stretches north, crossing over 10th Avenue and through the Chelsea Market to West 20th Street.

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Teaming with an established developer, Victor Homes, Mr. Shvo said he outbid a score of competitors to buy the site of a gas station on 10th Avenue and West 24th Street, in the burgeoning art district, overlooking the High Line park.

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Although there's still another week of action left, we took a look at what the future will hold for London's Olympic Park, when High Line designer James Corner will transform it into a 55-acre park.

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The event last July was subtitled "New York Reinvented, " and some 150 French and European mayors, urban planners, developers and architects toured such recent local triumphs as the High Line, Brooklyn Bridge Park and community regeneration projects in the Bronx.

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She and her billionaire spouse, media executive Barry Diller, have made significant financial contributions to the park, and one of the most popular High Line features bears their name.

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The competition, which attracted 170 submissions, was inspired by New York's High Line -- a derelict section of elevated railroad which has been transformed into a park -- with co-founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond joining the judging panel.

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