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Here's How The High Line Park's 3rd And Final Extension Will Look

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John Del Signore

Published Aug 2, 2012

Modified Aug 2, 2012

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Interim Walkway: "View looking northwest, where the High Line curves north at the intersection of West 30th Street and 12th Avenue. While the Eastern Rail Yards will extend the design of the High Line that is currently open to the public, the Western Rail Yards will feature an interim solution – a simple path through the existing self-seeded landscape – that will allow the public to directly experience the wildflowers and grasses that grew between the tracks once travelled by the freight trains. Here, the walkway winds along the curve of the High Line at West 30th Street and 12th Avenue, and provides visitors a new opportunity to experience the original railroad tracks and Hudson River."

 

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Hello there, High Line! Here we have renderings for the third and final stretch of the High Line park, which swoops north over the West Side rail yards. Last week the city officially acquired the property from CSX Transportation, which owned the half mile section of the old elevated railroad. Once the complete, the park will stretch almost 1.5 miles from the Meatpacking District all the way to the edge of Hell's Kitchen, and the big new Hudson Yards development, a 26-acre mixed-use neighborhood. And to think this urban oasis was very nearly demolished!

According to the Friends of the High Line, "the rail yards section will extend the High Line’s distinct design vocabulary established south of West 30th Street, evoking the High Line’s history as an active freight rail line." The third section will feature a "dedicated area for kids and families. Just west of 11th Avenue, the railway’s concrete deck will be removed, revealing the framework of the High Line’s original beams and girders, covered with a thick rubber safety coating, and transformed into a unique feature for kids to explore the High Line."

Now the Friends of the High Line just needs to raise the money to make the dream a reality. Sign up for their email newsletter to track the progress and get involved. And here are our photo tours of the first and second sections.

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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