The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park.
I went here last weekend, and fell in love. The High Line is such an amazing piece of NYC history preserved in an amazing park. If you make it to the big apple this is a must see...and its free. The High Line still has two unopened sections that will add to its awesomeness....to donate visit their website at http://www.thehighline.org/
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