The January 2020 issue of Hemispheres Magazines gives its top 20 reasons to travel in 2020 and includes the opening of The Underline’s first phase one this summer.

#14 Explore Miami’s Game Changing New Park

About 70,000 commuters use Miami’s Metrorail each day, and city planners aim to turn the unused space beneath its tracks into an exciting new public space, a 10-mile linear park aptly named The Underline. Luckily, the Magic City is in good hands: The project is being helmed by James Corner Field Operations, the geniuses behind New York’s High Line. “Both projects share similarities in their overarching goals,” says principal designer Isabel Castilla, “to convert a leftover infrastructural space into a public space that connects neighborhoods, generates community, and encourages urban regeneration.” When finished, Miami’s park will be about seven times as long as its Big Apple counterpart. The first half-mile leg, set to open this June, is the Brickell Backyard, which includes an outdoor gym, a butterfly garden, a dog park, and gaming tables that call to mind the dominoes matches you’ll find nearby in Little Havana. “We envision the Underline dramatically changing the way people in Miami engage with public space,” Castilla says. —Nicholas DeRenzo

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