Save the High Line
Aug. 1st, 2003 06:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
avramThanks, to Patrick, I’ve discovered the Friends of the High Line.
The High Line is the standing remains of an elevated freight railway from the 1930s, running from 34th Street down into the teens on the West Side. I used to work in a building that abutted it (visible in this photo montage), and I’d always wondered what it was.
A group of property owners in the area wants the line demolished, hoping that doing so will raise the value of their holdings. The Friends of the High Line want to transform it for public use, perhaps into an elevated park with views of the Hudson.
The High Line is the standing remains of an elevated freight railway from the 1930s, running from 34th Street down into the teens on the West Side. I used to work in a building that abutted it (visible in this photo montage), and I’d always wondered what it was.
A group of property owners in the area wants the line demolished, hoping that doing so will raise the value of their holdings. The Friends of the High Line want to transform it for public use, perhaps into an elevated park with views of the Hudson.