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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,...

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