Elizabeth S. Titus

upper West Side/CPW

Section of plank and rail from the High Line

The best of the best of NYC! Who doesn't love the High Line? It has layers of the city's history, plus, it shows what anyone with the gumption can do to make things happen in the city!

"The High Line was built in the 1930s, as part of a massive public-private infrastructure project called the West Side Improvement. It lifted freight traffic 30 feet in the air, removing dangerous trains from the streets of Manhattan's largest industrial district. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980. Friends of the High Line, a community-based non-profit group, formed in 1999 when the historic structure was under threat of demolition."