Summer High Line 1
07/09/04
The High Line is an abandoned elevated train line on the west side of Manhattan. The city wants to turn it into a park. Winter High Line photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The Times discovers street art (and Swoon).
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what a fantastic idea! a park in the sky - sunlight, air, walking from place to place without hitting the sidewalks and the traffic.
Posted by: Mags at July 9, 2004 07:07 AM
Abandoned and broken toys are always sad. They just make me think about how when they were new and first given to a child how happy that kid may have been to get it, and now the toy is left to rot...but then again it's just a piece of plastic. Great photos as always! Cheers!
Posted by: McMonkey at July 9, 2004 10:16 AM
i agree. what a neat-o spot for a park. i remember being a little kid and always looking for ways to make my living space the most unique it could possibly be (wishing i could live in the school and fill the gym with pillows or turn my house upside down as to take advantage of the different levels in the ceiling)... how cool for a play space...
Posted by: christine at July 9, 2004 12:14 PM
wow, it looks a lot different when it's not ccovered in snow
Posted by: rachelle at July 9, 2004 02:25 PM
Check out Joel Sternfeld’s photography book on the high line (if you haven’t already).
I’m not so sure about turning the high line into a park...Can you just imagine all of the marriage proposals and suicide attempts that would go down in the high line public park? I like the high line as-is; an (almost) inaccessible waste space and a testament to contemporary urban decadence.
The Time’s props to Swoon and Wooster Collective yesterday were great. What a good thing to read while drinking morning coffee...
Posted by: archeo at July 10, 2004 02:47 PM
Great fun pictures. I took some recently of an abandoned rail line here in Jerusalem, but the two I ended up choosing to post from among them, the least boring of the lot, still can't compare to what you've captured here. What with noticing both the edge of the paint where the red drips remain and the menace of the pink tricycle, I sit at your feet Mr Satanslaundromat.
Posted by: Adam Khan at July 11, 2004 11:21 AM
the big wheel moved! that big wheel is awesome.
was there a way down this time?
Posted by: tien at July 12, 2004 09:09 AM
You can get down if you're mildly athletic the second-to-last (I think) loading dock platform. There's a ladder jammed at an angle from the dock to a hole in the roof. From there you can get down to an awning about 10 feet off the ground by way of roofs and fire escapes. From the awning you can make your way down pretty easily. You come down on West 13th street about a block from Hogs and Heifers.
Posted by: Moe at July 12, 2004 12:23 PM
Mike, You're a gifted photographer..I enjoyed browsing them...
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