What Park Visitors Survey Tells Us: Comparing Three Elevated Parks—The High Line, 606, and High Bridge

Jisoo Sim, Cermetrius Lynell Bohannon and Patrick Miller
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Jisoo Sim: Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Cermetrius Lynell Bohannon: Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Patrick Miller: Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Many cities have replaced abandoned transportation infrastructure with an elevated park to gain increased economic benefits by developing old fabric. By following this trend, most studies to this point have only focused on the economic rewards from the replacement rather than its uses in the real world. This study aims to understand how park visitors use elevated parks through a park visitors’ survey. The authors selected three representative elevated parks—the High Line in New York City, the 606 in Chicago, and the High Bridge in Farmville—for the study and asked visitors about their activities, perceived benefits, and satisfaction. Results indicate that the 606, a mixed-use elevated park, allows visitors to engage in high-intensity activity, the High Line as an elevated urban park provides visitors public arts and gardens, and the High Bridge as an elevated green park provided visitors with a connection to unique natural scenery. This study, as the first to compare three different elevated parks, contributes to an understanding of who uses elevated parks and how they use elevated parks.

Keywords: elevated park; park visitor survey; High Line; 606; Bloomingdale Trail; High Bridge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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