Fantastic New Park Highline opens in NYC

The High Line is located on Manhattan's West Side in the Meatpacking District, Section 1 of the High Line opened to the public June 9, 2009. Truly exciting to see such a clever re-use of superceded infrastructure, I will be heading straight there when we get to NY next year!

"The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park." - Extract from http://www.thehighline.org/

More images found on the design: http://www.thehighline.org/design/designslideshow.htm
There is an excellent blog available on this website.. http://blog.thehighline.org/.