Over the past years, the ex-NYC “High Line” viaduct along Manhattan’s former west side freight line, has been converted to a linear park, with much of the rail left in place. Today the project was completed.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/09/high-lines-last-section-opens-tomorrow.html
A documentary about the high line conversion has been running on Public TV. Great Museums: Elevated Thinking: NYC’s High Line. Very interesting. Gives kudos to CSX for donating the High Line for the project. Diane Von Fuerstenburg, the clothes designer, and her husband Barry Diller spearheaded it. Cost something like $100 million. $2 billion in other investments have occurred along the Line. …http://greatmuseums.org/explore/more/elevated-thinking-the-high-line-in-new-york-city
I walked the length of the park last year and it is wonderful! What a great thing to do with it. You’d have to be nuts not to love it. Rail mounted chaise lounges made of wood! Gardens everywhere! The rails are in view along side where there are gardens or are planked over. I don’t think any rails were taken away, also to enter the park there are staircases that take you up and over the original railings and bulwarks so the integrity of the structure is not affected. What an asset to the city and all I can say is, “Well Done!” Now, if only the same thing would happen with Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway.