BGuthrie Photos: NY -- NYC -- High Line

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1. HIGH_161220_075.JPG: High Line The High Line was built by the New York Central Railroad between 1929 and 1934 to lift dangerous freight trains from Manhattan's streets. Originally extending down to the St. John's Park Terminal at Clarkson Street, the High Line was part of a much larger rail infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement, which eliminated street-level train crossings from Spuyten Dyyvil to Lower Manhattan. The High Line's trains carried meat, produce, and dairy products into warehouses and factories at the third-floor level. It was known as "Life Line of New York." For many years, the High Line was a vital part of the busy manufacturing landscape of the industrial West Side. However, as trucking began to replace rail as the primary means of moving freight in New York City, train traffic declined on the High Line and the southermost section was torn down. By 1980, the trains had stopped running. What remained of the High Line, from Gansevoort Street to 34th Street, was slowly taken over by self-sown landscape, showing the power of nature to conquer even monumental, man-made structures. In 1990, with the High Line threatened with demolition, neighborhood residents Joshua David and Robert Hammond formed Friends of the High Line to advocate for the preservation and reuse of the structure. In 2002, through the leadership of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the New York City Council, the City of New York boldly committed to transform the High Line into a one-of-a-kind park. Innovative design was central to the vision as the goal was to create a public landscape as unusual and unexpected as the High Line itself. Tens of thousands of people have been part of the High Line's transformation. This park embodies their dedication to New York City and their desire to make something wonderful for future generations. June 9, 2009
2. HIGH_161220_090.JPG: <-- 2-1/2 blocks to Gansevoort St. 1/2 block to W. 14th Street -->
3. HIGH_161220_107.JPG: I like how they preserved the cross-track section here
4. HIGH_161220_113.JPG: You have the right to use the restroom, locker room, or other single-sex facility consistent with your gender identity or gender expression. Individuals cannot be asked to show identification, medical documentation, or any other form of proof or verification of gender. Any person who abuses this policy in order to assault, harass, intimidate, or otherwise interfere with an individual's rights under this policy will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This policy does not provide a right to a member of the public to use a facility that is reserved for the exclusive use of employees.
Wikipedia Description: High Line (New York City)
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The High Line (also known as the High Line Park) is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) New York City linear park built in Manhattan on an elevated section of a disused New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line. Inspired by the 3-mile (4.8-kilometer) Promenade plantée (tree-lined walkway), a similar project in Paris completed in 1993, the High Line has been redesigned and planted as an aerial greenway and rails-to-trails park.

The High Line Park is built on the disused southern portion of the West Side Line running to the Lower West Side of Manhattan. It runs from Gansevoort Street – three blocks below 14th Street – in the Meatpacking District, through Chelsea, to the northern edge of the West Side Yard on 34th Street near the Javits Convention Center. An unopened spur extends above 30th Street to Tenth Avenue. Formerly, the West Side Line went as far south as a railroad terminal to Spring Street just north of Canal Street, however most of the lower section was demolished in 1960, with another small portion of the lower section being demolished in 1991.

Repurposing of the railway into an urban park began construction in 2006, with the first phase opening in 2009, and the second phase opening in 2011. The third and final phase officially opened to the public on September 21, 2014. A short stub above Tenth Avenue and 30th Street is still closed as of September 2014, but will open by 2017, once the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project is complete. The project has spurred real estate development in the neighborhoods that lie along the line, and increased real estate values and prices along the route, as a "halo effect". As of September 2014, the park gets nearly 5 million visitors annually.
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