“No doubt you will ruin it.”

Charles Sternaimolo, on April 28th, 2008 at 5:15 pm Said:

To the head staff of the High Line Project:

You know something….I agree with that short and simple note which says,

“THE HIGH LINE SHOULD BE PRESERVED, UNTOUCHED,AS A WILDERNESS ARCA. NO DOUBT YOU WILL RUIN IT. SO IT GOES”.

So it struck me as strange that the very people who acted so amazed to discover mother nature’s reclaimed land on the abandoned structure turned out to be the very ones directly destroying her handywork.

If I remember correctly, the primary reason the originators of the High Line Project wanted to “save” the structure from demolition was to protect the beautiful growth that had blown onto the structure from across the river and took root there. Now, these same people have done the very thing they supposedly despise so much - manipulate nature to suit their own will.

I find this ironic. Would it have been so hard to just preserve the structure itself but leave the natural growth for everyone to enjoy? Although I find the High Line’s “preservation” a great idea, I don’t see the same kind of wonder in a man-made manipulation. I guess you wouldn’t get the same kind of personal recognition or credit from peers for just letting mother nature take its course.

Since the head people of the High Line project took to demolishing the natural wonderment along the bridge anyway, I think they might as well have promoted the rollercoaster idea.

From,
Charles Sternaimolo

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