New York – Designs For 3rd Section Of NY’s High Line Unveiled

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    In this artist’s rendering provided by Friends of the High Line on Monday, March 12, 2012,an elevated walkway passes through one of the new buildings that will go up over the West Side Rail Yards in New York. The final section of the former freight rail line to be converted to a city park is expected to open to the public in Spring 2014. (AP Photo/Friends of the High Line, Design Team of James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro)New York – New York City parks officials and advocates have unveiled designs for the third and final section of the High Line, an elevated stretch of historic freight rail line in Manhattan that has been converted to a public park.

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    The final section will wrap around the Hudson Rail Yards between West 30th and West 34th streets.

    Construction will be closely coordinated with the development of Hudson Yards, which will feature more than 12 million square feet of new office, residential, retail and cultural space.

    Officials say the final section will cost about $90 million. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2013 with a full public opening scheduled for the spring of 2014.

    The designs were presented at a community meeting on Monday night.

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    www.thehighline.org


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    shimonyehuda
    shimonyehuda
    12 years ago

    a great place to walk

    12 years ago

    Why do we have to make it so big and fancy? It is a city project– make it cost effective! 90 million… and that is without going over budget.
    What economic benefit will this give us by being extra-fancy? So extra homeless can sleep there? Extra-special bird refuse can spot the place?

    Berel13
    Berel13
    12 years ago

    Why not extend it to Brooklyn?