The High Lines

Chapter 1

Camden Highline

We tour what’s set to be the new Camden Highline – transforming a section of disused railway into a new elevated urban park for London – with Simon Pitkeathley, the CEO of Camden Town Unlimited and Tatiana von Preussen, lead architect at VPPR.

Chapter 2

Singapore Rail Corridor

In 2018, Singapore’s National Parks Board began converting disused railway track into an urban nature trail that passes through forests, housing developments and old train stations. Monocle’s Naomi Xu Elegant took a walk along the rail corridor with Leong Kwok Peng, chair of Singapore Nature Society’s conservation committee.

Chapter 3

New York’s High Line

Monocle’s Henry Rees-Sheridan brings us this letter from New York’s High Line.