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![High Line
1840-today
1840s:
An Industrial Waterfront:
The West Side of Manhattan is the country's busiest industrial waterfront. In 1847, the City of New York and authorizes street-level railroad tracks. Trains from Hudson River Railroad, which later becomes New York Central Railroad, serve the industrial buildings along the West Side.
1851:
Death Avenue:
Street-level railroad traffic causes so many accidents that the West Side's freight corridor becomes known as "Death Avenue." New York Central Railroad hires men on horseback, called the West Side Cowboys, to ride in front of trains, waving pedestrians out of the way.
1929:
Building the High Line:
After decades of debate, the City and State of New York and the New York Central Railroad begin the West Side improvement Project, a massive infrastructure project to eliminate street-level rail corridors. The project transforms the West Side, eliminates 105 street-level railroad crossings, and includes an elevated section of track known as the High Line.
1934:
Lifeline of New York:
The High Line opens as an active freight rail line, running from West 34rh Street to St. John's Park Terminal. Elevated 30 feet above the street, the High Line is designed to connect directly to the upper floor loading docks of factories and warehouses, delivering milk, meat, produce, and other goods. It was known as the "Life Line of New York."
1960s:
Decline:
Industrial use begins to decline on Manhattan's West Side. The advance of the interstate highway system and the growth of the trucking industry lead to a reduction of rail traffic on the High Line and other railroads across the United States. In the 1960s, the southernmost nine blocks of the High Line, from Clarkson Street to the Bank Street, are demolished. Another five block section from Bank Street to Gansevoort Street is demolished in the 1990s.
1980s:
Nature Takes Over:
In 1980, the last train rolls down the High Line carrying three carloads of frozen turkeys. For the next two decades, the High Line sits, unused, while nature begins to reclaim it. Seeds are carried in by the wind and by birds and insects, and begin to take root in the gravel ballast of the High Line. Over time, an entire self-seeded landscape emerges amid the steel railroad tracks, visible only to a few inhabitants in adjacent buildings.
1999:
Friends of the High Line:
Two neighborhood residents, Joshua David and Robert Hammond, meet at a community board meeting in West Chelsea, where local leaders are discussing plans to demolish the High Line. The two yougn New Yorkers form a non-profit group called Friends of the High Line to advocate for the High Line's preservation and transformation into public open space.
2009-2019: [ Note that they've updated this sign. It used to be 2009-2014 ]
High Line Opens:
Ten years after Friends of the High Line was first formed to advocate to save and transform the railway, the first section of the High Line, between Gansevoort and 20th Streets, follows suit quickly and opens in June 2011. The third section, between 30th and 34th Streets, opens in September 2014. The Spur, the final section of the original railway and one of the sections once most at danger of demolition, along 30th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, opens in June 2019.](/Graphlib/GraphData22.nsf/Images/2022_NY_High_Line_0160/$File/HIGH_221009_014.JPG) |
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![1980s:
Nature Takes Over:
In 1980, the last train rolls down the High Line carrying three carloads of frozen turkeys. For the next two decades, the High Line sits, unused, while nature begins to reclaim it. Seeds are carried in by the wind and by birds and insects, and begin to take root in the gravel ballast of the High Line. Over time, an entire self-seeded landscape emerges amid the steel railroad tracks, visible only to a few inhabitants in adjacent buildings.
1999:
Friends of the High Line:
Two neighborhood residents, Joshua David and Robert Hammond, meet at a community board meeting in West Chelsea, where local leaders are discussing plans to demolish the High Line. The two yougn New Yorkers form a non-profit group called Friends of the High Line to advocate for the High Line's preservation and transformation into public open space.
2002:
A Partnership with the City:
Michael R. Bloomberg is elected Mayor and reverses previous City policy, which favored demolition, and commits to the preservation and reuse of the High Line. The following year, the City Council, under the leadership of Speaker Gifford Miller and Councilwoman Christine C. Quinn, makes an initial capital commitment to convert the High Line into a public park.
2005:
CSX Donates High Line:
Following six years of close collaboration with the City of New York and Friends of the High Line, CSX Transportation donates the southern segment of the High Line. The City and CSX execute a Trail Use Agreement for the High Line, under the federal "Rails to Trails" program. Seven years later, CSX donates the High Line at the Rail Yards.
2009-2019: [ Note that they've updated this sign. It used to be 2009-2014 ]
High Line Opens:
Ten years after Friends of the High Line was first formed to advocate to save and transform the railway, the first section of the High Line, between Gansevoort and 20th Streets, follows suit quickly and opens in June 2011. The third section, between 30th and 34th Streets, opens in September 2014. The Spur, the final section of the original railway and one of the sections once most at danger of demolition, along 30th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, opens in June 2019.
Today [ A new section ]
A More Connected Neighborhood
The full length of historic, elevated railway has been transformed into public open space. The High Line now connects three neighborhoods along Manhattan's West Side -- the Meatpacking District, Chelsea, and Hudson Yards. Looking ahead, with a new proposal for increased pedestrian connectivity on the West Side, you may soon be able to more easily walk from the High Line to Moynihan Train Hall to the east and Hudson River Park to the west.](/Graphlib/GraphData22.nsf/Images/2022_NY_High_Line_0160/$File/HIGH_221009_018.JPG) |
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![2009-2019: [ Note that they've updated this sign. It used to be 2009-2014 ]
High Line Opens:
Ten years after Friends of the High Line was first formed to advocate to save and transform the railway, the first section of the High Line, between Gansevoort and 20th Streets, follows suit quickly and opens in June 2011. The third section, between 30th and 34th Streets, opens in September 2014. The Spur, the final section of the original railway and one of the sections once most at danger of demolition, along 30th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues, opens in June 2019.](/Graphlib/GraphData22.nsf/Images/2022_NY_High_Line_0160/$File/HIGH_221009_044.JPG) |
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![Today [ A new section ]
A More Connected Neighborhood
The full length of historic, elevated railway has been transformed into public open space. The High Line now connects three neighborhoods along Manhattan's West Side -- the Meatpacking District, Chelsea, and Hudson Yards. Looking ahead, with a new proposal for increased pedestrian connectivity on the West Side, you may soon be able to more easily walk from the High Line to Moynihan Train Hall to the east and Hudson River Park to the west.](/Graphlib/GraphData22.nsf/Images/2022_NY_High_Line_0160/$File/HIGH_221009_046.JPG) |
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