But below this elevated park are shops that offer everything from vegan skincare to trendy seasonal duds. And forget having a picnic in the best NYC parks—the High Line is the perfect spot to escape and eat lunch during a workday.
The former elevated train tracks were reborn in June as the High Line park, which opened an extension up to 30th Street last year. After meandering the length of the block park, take the weight off with a summer drink at one of these Chelsea bars.
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The High Line is a public park built on a 1. The High Line was founded by neighborhood residents in to prevent the elevated rail track from being demolished. The High Line also facilitates a national learning community, called the High Line Network, for leaders of similar projects. Friends of the High Line, a nonprofit organization, oversees the public programming, public art, maintenance, and operations for the High Line. As a freight rail line, the High Line was in operation from to It carried meat to the Meatpacking District, agricultural goods to the factories and warehouses of the industrial West Side, and mail to the Post Office.
The entire High Line is wheelchair accessible. Check out our Visitor Info page to learn more. This means that dog urine, which is highly acidic, would end up in the soil and damage the plants. In , Joshua David and Robert Hammond founded Friends of the High Line in order to advocate for a future park along the tracks—which at this point had taken on a rundown beauty, overgrown with native plants and grasses. Construction began on the High Line in , and the first section—which went from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street—opened three years later.
The remaining segments of the the park debuted over following five years most recently, the Rail Yards in The modern High Line boasts rotating public art exhibitions and food and gift vendors along its length, and weaves in and amongst glossy new developments. Before the High Line was the High Line, it was an untamed space, and some of the wild feeling remains—particularly when it comes to the landscape architecture, which emphasizes native plants. One section, the Interim Walkway , remains in its previously uncultivated state.
A new area of the park is slated to open on a spur over 30th Street this summer. Called the Plinth, it will serve as a gathering space and a dedicated showcase for art installations. The Spur and the Plinth will provide a rare open space along the long, narrow High Line.
In the 19th century, steam-powered trains rain along Tenth and Eleventh avenues with no barriers between them and the pedestrians, horse-drawn cabs, and other traffic. It got to the point where the rail company employed legit cowboys on horseback to patrol the avenue, riding in front of trains with red flags to come between pedestrians and steam engines. Our digital guide has all the information you need to discover our horticulture, history, design, and artwork, along with other FAQs. The High Line is almost entirely supported by people like you.
As a nonprofit organization, we need your support to keep this public space free—and extraordinary—for everyone. More Scroll Right. Visitor Info. See the current status of the elevators. Bike Racks.
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