Standing out from the concrete surfaces and benches of New York’s Collect Pond Park is a ten-sided wooden structure entitled “A Clearing in the Streets.” Commissioned by the Public Art Fund, the installation is meant as a visual intervention, forcing a spaciotemporal instance of the organic within the context of the urban. Although the miniature meadow behind the installation’s wooden panels is small, the project’s creators explain that:
Our collective urban vision is at a point where we need to broaden the definition of “nature” in the city. While there may not be many opportunities to build large-scale parks, there [...]

After years of fund raising, labor, and eager anticipation, New York’s newest structural reclamation is open to the public. The raised swath of green takes visitors off of the streets and into a new artificial urban canopy. Many have already flocked to the High Line this week, whether hoping for a new perspective above an old city, or simply curious. We’ve gathered some of the most interesting reactions to Manhattan’s newest park, both visual and written.
Wallpaper presents a beautifully shot and interestingly narrated short film, detailing in motion both its history and its singular, hybridized union of industrial materials and [...]