The "Low Line" Gets Funded

A group of architects hoping to transform a long-abandoned railway beneath Delancey Street into a subterranean park by piping in sunlight have surpassed their fundraising goal. The project, dubbed the “Low Line,” has attracted over 2,000 donors on Kickstarter who’ve collectively contributed more than $125k, well over the $100,000 they initially asked for. And there’s still 31 days to go! They plan on using the money to construct a full-size mockup of their concept to “convince” the “community, potential funders, the City, and the MTA that this idea can work,” the latter of whom should be easy to sway assuming the proposal leaves lots of room for inefficiency and out of control spending.