Thursday, November 22, 2007

High Line goes through a building

The High Line is an old abandonded elevated freight rail line in Manhattan in the southwest of the island. It survived into the 21 century becasue the neighborhood was always so crappy (sorry) that no one paid attention to it. Then Chelsea/the meat packing district became cool and rich dentists from Newark started moving in and suddenly folks wanted to tear it down. So Friends of the Highline got together and saved it and now its an elevated park running through the neighborhood.

This building is actually just outside of the historic district that has been established so the high line is allowed to go through the building - like it would have done when it was delivery and removing goods to the industry that used to reside there. Its a big deal deigner building--can't remember the architect-- so th eunits will be EXPENSIVE. I wonder what it will look like when the apartments (condos?) are overlooking it? Will you be able to walk through the building when you stroll along the park?

Can't wait to hear someone tell me what its like around that building but more importantly I think I will really love walking through the park. There is another elevated park; it is in Paris and called the Promenade Plantée which looks pretty cool, too.

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