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Greening the Viaduct: A Year on the Parisian Promenade Plantée
In the late 1980s, the City of Paris confronted an urgent urban planning dilemma: an abandoned nineteenth-century railway viaduct slicing through the densely populated 12th arrondissement. While highway planners argued for its total demolition, landscape architect Jacques Vergely and architect Philippe Mathieux proposed an audacious alternative. What they envisioned was an elevated ribbon park where trains once rumbled. What opened to the public in 1993 was the Promenade Plantée - the world's first elevated greenway, which later inspired New York's famous High Line.
It was the combination of historic brick arches and lush botanical design that enchanted neighborhood residents from the start. Beneath the viaduct, the brick arches were transformed into artisanal workshops, galleries, and craft studios known as the Viaduc des Arts. What pedestrians discovered above was a three-mile elevated walkway lined with climbing roses, hazelnut trees, and lavender gardens.