16.08.09 - Dean Sommer in National Post on Greening Toronto Waterfront
Living The High Life
New York greened an old rail line. Could a similar project succeed in Toronto?
Vanessa Farquharson, National Post
Published: 8/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
The train track hovering 30 feet in the air above New York City, known as the High Line, was originally designed to carry freight traffic; but in 1980, after a thriving trucking industry reduced the need for rail service, it carried its last shipment -- three car loads of frozen turkeys.