The High Line: Above It All in New York

By
Larry Closs
– June 13, 2011Posted in: Destinations, New York, United States, Videos
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The High Line is New York City’s newest and most unique public park, built on an abandoned elevated freight railway that ran from 1934 to 1980 through Manhattan’s West Side.

Section 1 of the High Line opened in June 2009, with restored Art-deco railings, concrete pathways, seating and an otherworldly landscape inspired by the wild flowers, grasses and trees that took hold during the decades the railway was abandoned.

Section 2 opened in June 2011, doubling the length and adding new features such as a great lawn, a woodland flyover and several lookouts.

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About Larry Closs

Larry Closs is the founder and editor of TrekWorld and Director of Communications at Next Generation Nepal, a nonprofit devoted to reconnecting trafficked children with their families. He is a writer, photographer, filmmaker and traveler and the author of Beatitude, a novel.