New York Photo Gallery - High Line

The High Line was once a functioning railway that was built between 1929-1934. It was left abandoned for many years until residents suggested saving it from demolition in 1999. It then was transformed into an elevated urban park in stages, starting in 2009. From the southern end around 12th Street in the Meatpacking District, the park passes through many renewed buildings as it meanders north towards the huge Hudson Yards redevelopment in Midtown, at around 34th Street. Notice some wild growth along the southern stretches that was left the way it originally was.

Today's Meatpacking District is a hip neighbourhood of fancy shops, trendy clubs, and upscale restaurants.

The park is well landscaped with benches to sit down, rest, and enjoy a view of the streets below.

The massive London Terrace consists of 2 long rows of apartment buildings. Completed in 1930 with posh facilities such as a swimming pool, filling the 1665 units during the Great Depression proved difficult.

There is a lot of designer architecture springing up on both sides of the High Line, signs that the neighbourhoods along the way are rapidly gentrifying.

The park loops around the huge Hudson Yards site, a new $25 billion new neighbourhood rejuvenating the West Side. Living here will require some deep pockets, and some have criticized the developer for creating this "playground for billionaires".

The $2.1 billion 7 subway extension from Times Square to Hudson Yards started in 2009 and opened in 2015.