At 24-kilometers, stretching almost the entire north-south length of the island's, this one's likely to be one of the region's -- if not the world's -- longest man-made recreational spaces....

Named the Rail Corridor, the former rail route once served trains heading across the border into Malaysia from the Tanjong Pagar Railway Terminal in the south of Singapore....

Now it's to be regenerated in the style of New York's successful High Line, a greened-over rail spur in Manhattan -- but 10 times longer.

"This provides us with a unique opportunity to build a very special community space," says Tan See Nin, a planning director of Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority.