The High Line
Elevated park winding along a disused freight railway, thirty feet above Chelsea's streets.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to The High Line in New York City opens in 1980, when the last freight train crossed this elevated track and the line went silent for two decades. Wild grasses and self-seeded trees colonized the abandoned rails thirty feet above Chelsea's streets, even as property owners lobbied through the 1980s to tear the whole structure down. Two strangers who met at a community board meeting in 1999 are at the center of what came next.
This audio guide was created using AI.
Similar places
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Waterfront park on reclaimed industrial piers with sweeping East River and Manhattan skyline views.
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Elevated walkway above a buried expressway, with panoramic views of Manhattan and the harbor.
Little Island
Floating public park built atop 132 concrete tulip-shaped piles rising from the Hudson River.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Vast meadow park built over former ash dumps, crowned by the world's largest freestanding globe.
Williamsburg
Creative neighborhood anchored by a converted industrial waterfront park and a dense arts and dining scene.
Bryant Park
Four-acre midtown park with movable chairs, a tree-lined lawn, and year-round free programming.