Manhattan's rugged wilderness

Cory Doctorow 12:21 am Wed Jul 27, 2005

Brandon sez, "This blog entry from Brooklynite Charles Star details his recent adventure hiking along the rugged terrain of NYC's abandoned High Line elevated freight train line along the west side of Manhattan. The blog entry includes a link to a Flickr photoset of the views along the hike."

The current High Line is a remnant of a much larger elevated freight rail system, and it has been out of use since 1980. The trackbed provides a glimpse of what New York would look like if it were abandoned and turned over to nature.

The High Line starts at 33d Street and 12th Avenue near the MTA's Hudson Yards and runs to Gansevoort Street and Washington Avenue in the Meatpacking District. I have wanted to walk the line for years and it was exactly as much fun as I thought it would be.

Link

(Thanks, Brandon!)

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