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PARKS AND RESTORATION

How landscape architect Thomas Woltz is invigorating American cities with a new approach to urban parks
Constant gardener Woltz’s background resuscitating rural landscapes informs his urban work.

On the west side of Manhattan, an armada of cranes and construction workers is building the city’s largest 21st century development. A 28-acre, $25 billion megaproject by Related Companies, Hudson Yards will include six skyscrapers, 17 million square feet of commercial and residential space, a performing-arts center, and a hotel. The project’s scale is impressive, as is its location spanning one of the busiest railways in New York City—an industrial site filled with train cars and a tangle of

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