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The community-based group Friends of the High Line[1] was established by neighborhood residents Robert Hammond and Joshua David, leading to plans to turn the High Line into an elevated park or greenway, similar to the Promenade Plantée in Paris.

In collaboration with Friends of the High Line, the Design Trust for Public Space conducted a comprehensive planning study and created strategies for the reuse of the elevated High Line railway track, documented in the publication Reclaiming the High Line. Design Trust fellows Casey Jones and Keller Easterling investigated the High Line's urban context, explored its design implications, and proposed feasible reuse alternatives for the structure.

In 2004, the New York City government committed $50 million to establish the proposed park.