How to Build a Forest (Shawn Hall and Pearl Damour) at the Kitchen, and the Highline
http://www.thirteen.org/sundayarts/blog/how-to-build-a-forest-and-an-urban-park/1411/
How to Build a Forest. Photo by Timothy Atticus.
I visited How to Build a Forest at the Kitchen last weekend after trudging along the packed new High Line section. The High Lineseems to embody all of New York’s faith and hope in the future of urbanity, alchemically mixing the sacred concepts of reuse, ingenious design, and urban park space. But its popularity is a curse; it’s now so crowded, it’s like riding a moving sidewalk in an airport. In any case, let’s hope its success inspires other similar urban spaces.
