Add to ORKGThe dramatic physical, social, and economic transformations of contemporary post-industrial society have created new kinds of urban spaces. While some cities, such as Detroit, are experiencing large-scale disinvestment in the urban core, demolition, and abandonment of city property; other cities, like New York, are appropriating old industrial spaces as destinations for cultural and touristic consumption. Both facets of urban change can be understood as a result of the shift from a production to a service economy in the United States. The High Line, New York’s “Park in the Sky,” is one of these destinations. The park has received many accolades for being a well-designed, well-maintained, well-visited park, but is yet to be critically analyz...