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The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Piet Oudolf.
The West Side Line, also called the West Side Freight Line, is a railroad line on the west side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.North of Penn Station, from 34th Street, the line is used by Amtrak passenger service heading north via Albany to Toronto; Montreal; Niagara Falls and Buffalo, New York; Burlington, Vermont; and Chicago.
Its 15th birthday, being celebrated during 2024, showcases the many benefits and growth of the original idea for a garden above the NYC streets.
Also known as the Times Tower. The first high-rise building in the United States to have a ceramic sunscreen curtain wall. [62] [63] 15 The Spiral: 1,031 (314) 66 2022 435 Tenth Avenue: 34th Street and 10th Avenue, at the north end of the High Line. Almost every floor will have its own outdoor terrace.
A map showing major greenspaces in New York City: 1) Central Park, 2) Van Cortlandt Park, 3) Bronx Park, 4) Pelham Bay Park, 5) Flushing Meadows Park, 6) Forest Park, 7) Prospect Park, 8) Floyd Bennett Field, 9) Jamaica Bay, A) Jacob Riis Park and Fort Tilden, B) Fort Wadsworth, C) Miller Field, D) Great Kills Park Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States.
The large trolley terminal that is the site has sat unused for more than 60 years. [1] James Ramsey, an architectural designer who founded RAAD Studio, was inspired by the High Line to conceive of the project in 2009, and began working out the technological aspects of the park's development with Dan Barasch, who was becoming disillusioned with his work at Google. [6]
Brick House was placed on New York City's High Line, a public park built on a historic elevated railroad on the West Side of Manhattan. High Line Plinth is on the Spur, the last remaining section of the original railroad structure, at the intersections of 30th Street and 10th Ave on Manhattan's West Side. [13]
High Line park at 20th Street in Manhattan. The peak of rail freight came during World War II, when New York industries, including the Brooklyn Navy Yard, worked around the clock to support the war effort. After the war, the Interstate Highway System was built, along with many inland waterways, both competing with the railroads. The rail ...