The High Line, circa 2004. Picture credit: Courtesy of Florent Morellet

A City Inspired and a City on Trial

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 11, 2015

Elizabeth Diller, Ric Scofidio and James Corner talk about designing Manhattan's beloved High Line in their new book. New York magazine's Noreen Malone takes your calls on this year's reasons to love New York City. The Atlantic staff writer Conor Friedersdorf discusses police brutality in his latest article, "The Corrupt System That Killed Laquan McDonald." The Washington Post's Eli Saslow talks about what happens to the survivors of mass shootings.

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