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The Brian Lehrer Show
25 Years in 25 Days (2009): NYC's Parks and Pathways Re-Imagined

This fall, the Brian Lehrer Show is marking 25 years of Brian at WNYC with a year-by-year look at stories that mattered from 1989 to 2014. Find the full schedule and lots more here.
Also today: a look at the opening of Citi Field and the new Yankees Stadium.
The first piece of Chelsea's High Line Park opened in 2009, transforming an abandoned elevated train track into an urban planning mecca. Justin Davidson, architecture critic for New York Magazine, discusses how it epitomized the idea that the waterfront's formerly industrial spaces could spark reclamation and development.