“We did have to ultimately remove all of the existing landscape that was up there to go down to the bare structure. We waterproof it, redo the drainage system. Actually, the single most expensive part of the project was repainting the structure. It had originally been painted in lead paint. So, it had to be put in containment units and all sandblasted, primed, and repainted. It was the single biggest part of the job.”
-on the High Line