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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.
High Line, a park along a former elevated freight rail spur in Manhattan, New York City, United States. Camden Highline, a proposed elevated park converted from an old railway in Camden Town, London, United Kingdom; Highline Lake State Park, a Colorado state park
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.
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.
The Shed is located in the Bloomberg Building, adjacent to the northern leg of the High Line elevated park, near the Chelsea gallery district. It is attached to 15 Hudson Yards , a skyscraper within the Hudson Yards real estate development, although the Shed itself is located on city-owned land.
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]
In 2004, New York magazine called the Meatpacking District "New York's most fashionable neighborhood". [20] A catalyst for even greater transformation of the area was the opening in June 2009 of the first segment of the High Line linear park. [21]