The High Line is a former railroad track in New York that was changed into a walking path recently. It's located in New York's Meat Packing District (more of a night club & cool restaurant area now) and fairly close to our church. Garrett & I took a Sunday stroll along it between General Conference Sessions, and it's beautiful!
Here's more cool info from their website (http://www.thehighline.org/):
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. Friends of the High Line works in partnership with the City of New York to preserve and maintain the structure as an elevated public park.
The project gained the City's support in 2002. The High Line south of 30th Street was donated to the City by CSX Transportation Inc. in 2005. The design team of landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, created the High Line's public landscape with guidance from a diverse community of High Line supporters. Construction on the park began in 2006. The first section, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, is projected to open in June 2009.
1 - Covered Bridges (2-and a cute guy!)
3- Open spaces - most towns are a third of the size of Mapleton, UT (don't you love the leaves! This was taken at 9:30AM so there is still frost on the ground)
