High Line railway to reopen -- as public park
The first portion of the abandoned elevated railway 30 feet above the city's West Side streets that is being transformed into a public park is opening to the public Tuesday.
Activists and public officials have long envisioned and fought for the 1.5-mile-long park known as the High Line. Tuesday, the vision becomes reality for the half-mile section between Gansevoort and West 20th streets,...
