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.:: Friends of the High Line ::.
High Line Facts - Constructed 1929-1934 - Spans 22 blocks, from 34th Street to Gansevoort Street - 1.45 miles long - 6.7 acres of space atop elevated rail deck - 30-60 feet wide and 18-30 feet high - Built to support 2 fully loaded freight trains - Primary construction materials: steel and reinforced concrete - Owner: The City of New York
The Vision Friends of the High Line believes the historic High Line rail structure offers New Yorkers the opportunity to create a one-of-a-kind recreational amenity: a grand, public promenade that can be enjoyed by all residents and visitors in New York City.
Public legislation empowers us to make it a place anyone can visit. It will be proof New York City no longer casts aside its priceless transportation infrastructure but instead creates bold new uses for these monuments to human power and ambition.

It is beyond my understanding how this project is one that’s been pushed so much by its creators yet never finishes. I’ve seen entire blocks transformed in the time that this “lowline” hasn’t seen a single visitor besides some (apparently malfunctioning) building equipment. Is there just a lack of funding? It doesn’t seem so since I recently heard them looking around for someone to produce an expensive documentary on themselves and “the community” they are going to create through this project. If it ever gets created.
PS: I understand that the city has no money - but now that it’s been started they might as well finish the bloody thing up - soon - because I need a new public space to linger at. That’s what this post really is about.

pixelmonkee:

.:: Friends of the High Line ::.

High Line Facts
- Constructed 1929-1934
- Spans 22 blocks, from 34th Street to Gansevoort Street
- 1.45 miles long
- 6.7 acres of space atop elevated rail deck
- 30-60 feet wide and 18-30 feet high
- Built to support 2 fully loaded freight trains
- Primary construction materials: steel and reinforced concrete
- Owner: The City of New York

The Vision
Friends of the High Line believes the historic High Line rail structure offers New Yorkers the opportunity to create a one-of-a-kind recreational amenity: a grand, public promenade that can be enjoyed by all residents and visitors in New York City.

Public legislation empowers us to make it a place anyone can visit. It will be proof New York City no longer casts aside its priceless transportation infrastructure but instead creates bold new uses for these monuments to human power and ambition.

It is beyond my understanding how this project is one that’s been pushed so much by its creators yet never finishes. I’ve seen entire blocks transformed in the time that this “lowline” hasn’t seen a single visitor besides some (apparently malfunctioning) building equipment. Is there just a lack of funding? It doesn’t seem so since I recently heard them looking around for someone to produce an expensive documentary on themselves and “the community” they are going to create through this project. If it ever gets created.

PS: I understand that the city has no money - but now that it’s been started they might as well finish the bloody thing up - soon - because I need a new public space to linger at. That’s what this post really is about.