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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- HIGH_190601_004.JPG: We Saved the Spur
Opening June 5
thehighline.org/spur
- HIGH_190601_033.JPG: Pershing Square Beams:
Welcome to the Pershing Square Beams. This is a shared public space provided for the enjoyment of children with adult supervision. Please be courteous and respectful to others.
- HIGH_190601_038.JPG: Happening
Experience the last section
This spring, the final section of the High Line will be unveiled. Come check out the Spur Coach Passage, and inaugural Plinth. Opens June 5.
Learn more:
thehighline.org/spur
- HIGH_190601_061.JPG: Interim Walkway
The opening of the High Line at the Rail Yards completes the northernmost phase of the park, connecting Gansevoort Street to 34th Street. Unlike the High Line to the south, this section features a simple path through the existing self-seeded plantings. The design celebrates the iconic urban landscape that emerged after the trains stopped running and highlights the expansive views of the Hudson River to the west and the City to the east. There are limited amenities in this section. Public restrooms are located at 16th Street and Gansevoort Street.
Freight Rail on Manhattan's West Side:
The 19th century brought a population boom and rapid growth in manufacturing to New York City. To serve the growing metropolis, freight rail lines were constructed along the city streets and waterfronts. The High Line was built by New York Central Railroad between 1929 and 1934 to eliminate street-level train crossings from 34th Street to Spring Street in an effort to improve both efficiency and public safety.
For years the High Line served as an integral part of Manhattan's industrial landscape -- the "Lifeline of New York." The elevated railway allowed for efficient deliveries of meat, produce, and dairy products into the warehouses and factories up and down the West Side. Yet with the decline of manufacturing in Manhattan, train traffic in the 1950s and 1960s began to decrease on the High Line, and the elevated railway fell into a state of disuse.
In 1999, CSX Transportation, the national rail freight carrier and then-owner of the High Line, commissioned a planning study to assess the reuse of the elevated railway. That study was presented at a Community Board meeting in West Chelsea, inspiring two neighborhood residents, Joshua David and Robert Hammond, to create Friends of the High Line, an organization to advocate for the adaptive re-use of the High Line.
Following years of collaboration with the City of New York and Friends of the High Line, in 2005 CSX donated the High Line to the City of New York, paving the way for the High Line to be opened to the public.
The West Side of Manhattan has been transformed from an industrial district into residential and commercial neighborhoods with new parks and cultural activities. The High Line is a physical reminder of the important role of the railroad in New York City's industrial past.
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.
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.
2009-2014:
High Line Opens:
The first section of the High Line, between Gansevoort and West 20th Streets, opens in June 2009, followed by the second section, between West 20th and West 30th Streets, in June 2011. The third section of the High Line, between West 30th and West 34rh Streets to the south and north, and 10th and 12th Avenues from the east and west, opens to visitors in 2014. With its completion, the High Line connects three neighborhoods along Manhattan's West Side -- the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea, and Hudson Yards -- with the No. 7 subway station and the Javits Convention Center.
2016:
Hudson Yards;
Hudson Yards, a bold, progressive development plan, will transform Manhattan's West Side. This 26-acre mixed-use development will include new housing, office space, retail, parks, open space, cultural buildings, and entertainment facilities. The new buildings will be built on a platform over a storage yard for commuter trains traveling to and from Penn Station, resulting in a unique scenario where the High Line -- typically elevated 30 feet above the street -- will be level with the development site.
- HIGH_190601_065.JPG: Interim Walkway
The opening of the High Line at the Rail Yards completes the northernmost phase of the park, connecting Gansevoort Street to 34th Street. Unlike the High Line to the south, this section features a simple path through the existing self-seeded plantings. The design celebrates the iconic urban landscape that emerged after the trains stopped running and highlights the expansive views of the Hudson River to the west and the City to the east. There are limited amenities in this section. Public restrooms are located at 16th Street and Gansevoort Street.
Freight Rail on Manhattan's West Side:
The 19th century brought a population boom and rapid growth in manufacturing to New York City. To serve the growing metropolis, freight rail lines were constructed along the city streets and waterfronts. The High Line was built by New York Central Railroad between 1929 and 1934 to eliminate street-level train crossings from 34th Street to Spring Street in an effort to improve both efficiency and public safety.
For years the High Line served as an integral part of Manhattan's industrial landscape -- the "Lifeline of New York." The elevated railway allowed for efficient deliveries of meat, produce, and dairy products into the warehouses and factories up and down the West Side. Yet with the decline of manufacturing in Manhattan, train traffic in the 1950s and 1960s began to decrease on the High Line, and the elevated railway fell into a state of disuse.
In 1999, CSX Transportation, the national rail freight carrier and then-owner of the High Line, commissioned a planning study to assess the reuse of the elevated railway. That study was presented at a Community Board meeting in West Chelsea, inspiring two neighborhood residents, Joshua David and Robert Hammond, to create Friends of the High Line, an organization to advocate for the adaptive re-use of the High Line.
Following years of collaboration with the City of New York and Friends of the High Line, in 2005 CSX donated the High Line to the City of New York, paving the way for the High Line to be opened to the public.
The West Side of Manhattan has been transformed from an industrial district into residential and commercial neighborhoods with new parks and cultural activities. The High Line is a physical reminder of the important role of the railroad in New York City's industrial past.
- HIGH_190601_069.JPG: Interim Walkway
The opening of the High Line at the Rail Yards completes the northernmost phase of the park, connecting Gansevoort Street to 34th Street. Unlike the High Line to the south, this section features a simple path through the existing self-seeded plantings. The design celebrates the iconic urban landscape that emerged after the trains stopped running and highlights the expansive views of the Hudson River to the west and the City to the east. There are limited amenities in this section. Public restrooms are located at 16th Street and Gansevoort Street.
- HIGH_190601_072.JPG: 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.
- HIGH_190601_074.JPG: 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.
2009-2014:
High Line Opens:
The first section of the High Line, between Gansevoort and West 20th Streets, opens in June 2009, followed by the second section, between West 20th and West 30th Streets, in June 2011. The third section of the High Line, between West 30th and West 34rh Streets to the south and north, and 10th and 12th Avenues from the east and west, opens to visitors in 2014. With its completion, the High Line connects three neighborhoods along Manhattan's West Side -- the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea, and Hudson Yards -- with the No. 7 subway station and the Javits Convention Center.
2016:
Hudson Yards;
Hudson Yards, a bold, progressive development plan, will transform Manhattan's West Side. This 26-acre mixed-use development will include new housing, office space, retail, parks, open space, cultural buildings, and entertainment facilities. The new buildings will be built on a platform over a storage yard for commuter trains traveling to and from Penn Station, resulting in a unique scenario where the High Line -- typically elevated 30 feet above the street -- will be level with the development site.
- HIGH_190601_077.JPG: Support the High Line
- HIGH_191006_11.JPG: Introducing: The Spur
This is the last section of the original rail line to be turned into public space. Featuring the cathedral-like Coach Passage, the largest planting beds on the park, and the inaugural artwork on the High Line Plinth, Simone Leigh's Brick House.
thehighline.org/spur
- HIGH_191006_20.JPG: History of the Spur
- HIGH_191006_23.JPG: We Saved the Spur
A Turning Point
In 2008, we initiated an advocacy campaign ("Save the Spur") to save this last section of the original High Line. After decades of grassroots organization, community sweat, meetings with government officials, design, and construction, we're now celebrating the Spur's opening.
- HIGH_191006_36.JPG: Welcome to the Spur
This is the last section of the original rail line to be turned into public space. Turn left for the inaugural High Line Plinth: Simone Leigh's Brick House.
thehighline.org/spur
- HIGH_191220_06.JPG: What's Next?
https://www.thehighline.org/whatsnext/
- HIGH_191220_46.JPG: I haven't a clue what this group was about.
- Wikipedia Description: High Line (New York City)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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