The High Line
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Location:
West Side of Manhattan
New York
USA
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Building names(s): The High Line
Architect/Designer: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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website: www.thehighline.orgLocation: The High Line is located on the West Side of Manhattan. The first section runs from Gansevoort Street, in the Meatpacking District, to West 20th Street, in Chelsea, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues.
Getting there:
by Subway or Bus: A/C/E/L to 14th Street and 8th Avenue; M14 bus to 14th Street and 9th Avenue.
Access: Access to the High Line is now possible via any of the access points listed below. In the event the High Line becomes too crowded, you may be asked to enter via the Gansevoort Street stairs (or 16th Street elevator if you need elevator service) only, to ensure public safety and the safety of the park itself.
* Gansevoort Street
* 14th Street (Elevator access will be available beginning in July.)
* 16th Street (elevator access)
* 18th Street
* 20th Street
Last modified: 18 July, 2010 | Suggested By LT
The High Line is a 1.45-mile (2.33 km) section of the former elevated freight railroad of the West Side Line, along the lower west side of Manhattan. It runs from 34th Street near the Javits Convention Center to Gansevoort Street in the Meat Packing District of the West Village. The High Line was built in the early 1930s by the New York Central Railroad and was an active railway until 1980. In the 1990s, it became known for the wild grass and trees that grew on the abandoned railway. Community support of public redevelopment of the High Line for pedestrian use built beginning in 1999 and funding was allocated in 2004. The southernmost section reopened as a city park on June 8, 2009.[1] The middle section is still being refurbished, while the northernmost section’s future remains uncertain.