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The High Line Opens Its Third and Final Phase

25 points by hownottowrite 12y ago

TTPrograms 12y ago
A map would be really helpful here.
- nostrademons 12y ago
  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/West_side_line.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/West_side... The section they're talking about is in pink.
danso 12y ago
I'm incredibly bummed not to be there on account of having to move to California...When I was new to New York and just randomly walking around without a direction in mind, I stumbled on the High Line Park when it just opened and it's been my favorite place in the city since...I probably went there 5 times as much as I did Central Park. I was lucky enough to see the third section 2 years ago, before it underwent construction (photo album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zokuga/sets/72157647451319277/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/zokuga/sets/72157647451319277/)...I can't tell from the NYT's photos how much of the wild grass is there, but it doesn't look like much, which is too bad, considering the area is much wider than the other two parts (i.e. the narrow hallways of Section 2)...Then again, the un-renovated area was pretty treacherous to just walk around in...I remember seeing some parts of the railway siding with holes and gaps big enough that if you tripped, you'd fall down into the street.
ThomPete 12y ago
Recommended podcast both in general but for this particaluar episode too. http://www.fromscratchradio.com/show/robert-hammond http://www.fromscratchradio.com/show/robert-hammond
Brian-Puccio 12y ago
Even weirder to me will be a view that will no longer exist soon. The development (and covering) of the West Side Yard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Yard#mediaviewer/File:PennStation.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Yard#mediaviewer/File... ... to include 16 skyscrapers built on 26 acres to create almost 13 million square feet of residential, office and retail space: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/realestate/commercial/developers-prepare-to-compete-for-tenants-in-hudson-yards.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/realestate/commercial/deve... As someone who lives on Long Island, whenever I go to the city, it is into Penn, which itself is a disappointing reincarnation of its former self, which is in midtown :/ To have the High Line nearby is nifty, but I will miss being able to see the West Side Yard. It's going to be one of those old NY things that residents and visitors take for granted but later on, when people who haven't seen it look at photographs, they'll be kinda amazed. Like this cowboy on 13th at 11th: http://friendsofthehighline.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/photo-of-the-week-west-side-cowboy-twofer/ http://friendsofthehighline.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/photo-o... Or underground cow tunnels: http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/12/14/historic-cow-tunnels-of-new-york/ http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/12/14/historic-cow-tunnels-o... Or trains pulling into a cookie factory: http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2012/03/bowery-boys-high-line-audio-walking.html http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2012/03/bowery-boys-high-l... ... which you can now walk through as part of the High Line. The West Side Yard will still be there, just hidden from view, one of the millions of pieces of awe-inspiring infrastructure that make the city run. I need to go take photos there one last time before I'll never be able to see it again.

25 points by hownottowrite 12y ago

TTPrograms 12y ago

A map would be really helpful here.

nostrademons 12y ago
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/West_side_line.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/West_side... The section they're talking about is in pink.

danso 12y ago

I'm incredibly bummed not to be there on account of having to move to California...When I was new to New York and just randomly walking around without a direction in mind, I stumbled on the High Line Park when it just opened and it's been my favorite place in the city since...I probably went there 5 times as much as I did Central Park. I was lucky enough to see the third section 2 years ago, before it underwent construction (photo album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zokuga/sets/72157647451319277/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/zokuga/sets/72157647451319277/)...I can't tell from the NYT's photos how much of the wild grass is there, but it doesn't look like much, which is too bad, considering the area is much wider than the other two parts (i.e. the narrow hallways of Section 2)...Then again, the un-renovated area was pretty treacherous to just walk around in...I remember seeing some parts of the railway siding with holes and gaps big enough that if you tripped, you'd fall down into the street.

ThomPete 12y ago

Recommended podcast both in general but for this particaluar episode too. http://www.fromscratchradio.com/show/robert-hammond http://www.fromscratchradio.com/show/robert-hammond

Brian-Puccio 12y ago

Even weirder to me will be a view that will no longer exist soon. The development (and covering) of the West Side Yard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Yard#mediaviewer/File:PennStation.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Yard#mediaviewer/File... ... to include 16 skyscrapers built on 26 acres to create almost 13 million square feet of residential, office and retail space: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/realestate/commercial/developers-prepare-to-compete-for-tenants-in-hudson-yards.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/realestate/commercial/deve... As someone who lives on Long Island, whenever I go to the city, it is into Penn, which itself is a disappointing reincarnation of its former self, which is in midtown :/ To have the High Line nearby is nifty, but I will miss being able to see the West Side Yard. It's going to be one of those old NY things that residents and visitors take for granted but later on, when people who haven't seen it look at photographs, they'll be kinda amazed. Like this cowboy on 13th at 11th: http://friendsofthehighline.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/photo-of-the-week-west-side-cowboy-twofer/ http://friendsofthehighline.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/photo-o... Or underground cow tunnels: http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/12/14/historic-cow-tunnels-of-new-york/ http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/12/14/historic-cow-tunnels-o... Or trains pulling into a cookie factory: http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2012/03/bowery-boys-high-line-audio-walking.html http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2012/03/bowery-boys-high-l... ... which you can now walk through as part of the High Line. The West Side Yard will still be there, just hidden from view, one of the millions of pieces of awe-inspiring infrastructure that make the city run. I need to go take photos there one last time before I'll never be able to see it again.