the lowline labs
December 6th, 2015 by Mr. C
(Entrance into the Lowline labs)
If you haven’t been living underneath a rock, you should know what the High Line is, an elevated railroad track that has been re-purposed as a public park in the Chelsea section of Manhatty. Well, the Lowline is the complete opposite of the High Line – the adversary – the antithesis – the underground – the dark – they are literally living underneath a rock! The Lowline is a planned one-acre underground park on a disused trolley terminal (visible from the J/Z platform) at Manhattan’s Delancey-Essex Street station. The Lowline project has been in talks for quite a few years already and the Lowline labs are the testing bed – the technicians – the training grounds for the lowline! The lab is a long-term open laboratory and exhibit designed to test how the Lowline will grow and sustain plants underground. The lowline lab is built inside an abandoned market on Essex Street on the Lower east side. This sounds like it’s either a Horticulturists’ dream or nightmare!
We’ve heard about the Lowline project for a number of years through the media and we finally stepped into the labs to witness the impossible for ourselves! What a refreshing experience! The living greenscape was an “oasis” in the midst of darkness. We’ll let some of the photos do the talking! The exhibit is free (asking for donations) and must be seen in person. The Lowline labs is open on Saturdays & Sunday 10a-4p through March 2016.
Lowline labs
140 Essex Street
(between Rivington and Stanton Streets)
Lower East Side – New York City
Subway: J/M/F Essex Delancey Street
(The life energy of sunlight traveling through the tubes to get processed. (my non-technical observation))
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