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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 High Line in New York City is built on a disused elevated railway. An elevated park (sometimes known as a sky park) refers to a park located above the normal ground (street) level. This type of a park has become more popular in the early 21st century, featuring in a number of urban renewal projects.
The elevated viaducts were transformed into a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park and greenway called the High Line starting in 2006 and opening in phases during 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2019. Since opening in June 2009, the High Line has become an icon of American contemporary landscape architecture.
Paris' promenade was the first project in the world to repurpose elevated old railway lines into urban gardens. [1] [4] Other repurposing projects have now been completed or are underway. The first phase of the High Line, a similar park on an old railway viaduct in the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, was completed in 2009. [6]
English: Visitors stroll the first section of the High Line Park, over the 18th Street crossing. Frank Gehry's IAC building is in the background. Frank Gehry's IAC building is in the background. Date
The Montauk Cutoff was first proposed in early 1906 [7] and received a charter for construction in 1907, [8] [9] and was opened in July 1910 at a cost of $1,000,000 (equivalent to $32,700,000 in 2023). [10]
The original service pattern was a single line from Fulton Ferry to East New York.On April 27, 1889, all Lexington Avenue trains began using the Myrtle Avenue elevated to Sands Street at the Brooklyn Bridge, while the old portion above Park Avenue, Hudson Avenue, and other streets to Fulton Ferry became part of the outer Myrtle Avenue service. [24]
IRT composite construction subway cars replaced the wooden elevated cars on the line, but retained the elevated third rail shoes. [14] Dual third rail operation remained in use on the Jerome Avenue Line to the yards at Bedford Park until shuttle service ended in 1958; the structure and the bridge were removed in 1962. [14]