New-York style attraction set to open in UK city with ‘sky park’ gardens

AN attraction conscionable similar 1 successful New York could soon unfastened successful a large UK city.

Birmingham could get it's ain High Line acquisition similar the 1 successful the US city.

The New York attraction archetypal opened successful 2009, making usage of a erstwhile bid line.

It was transformed into a nationalist attraction with gardens, artworks and walking trails.

And a akin 1 could unfastened successful Digbeth, making usage of the disused Duddeston Viaduct.

Built 170 years ago, it had hoped to run arsenic a bid enactment but way was ne'er built.

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The caller level would see the instauration of 2 caller bridges, forming a "linear entity park".

Pedestrian walkways, play equipment, viewing level and benches would beryllium portion of the attraction.

It would agelong from Adderley Street to Montague Street, alongside the Grand Union Canal.

A assembly study says: “The reinvention of the viaduct arsenic a parkland for nationalist entree has been a driving factor from the archetypal inception of the existent proposals.

“There is an accidental to make a vibrant nationalist abstraction that would beryllium of payment not lone to the existing concern and residential assemblage but to the remainder of the metropolis centre, wider Birmingham and the West Midlands."

Inspired by the buildings around, it besides hopes to make a "new and breathtaking townscape" successful Birmingham.

Manchester already has it's ain attraction similar the New York’s High Line. 

The Castlefield Viaduct enactment which reopened past twelvemonth transformed the 1862 viaduct outdoor space.

Created by the aforesaid engineers down the Blackpool Tower, it is owned by National Trust.

Dubbed a greenish "sky garden" visitors tin locomotion down the 330-metre garden.

Birkenhead successful Wirral could besides get a New York benignant parkland arsenic portion of a £51million municipality renovation.

An abandoned railway enactment could beryllium turned into a £15million parkland besides similar the High Line.

Said to beryllium 1 of the oldest stretches of way successful the world, it closed successful the 1990s but could go a a "world class" park.

A city successful the UK is adjacent compared to New York, and utilized to movie immense Hollywood blockbusters.

Liverpool's reddish ceramic buildings and skyscrapers person been utilized to movie everything from Captain America and Batman to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

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