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Rails and Roads to Trails

Kevin Walsh | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: West Side Highway, Lirr, Westway, West Side Freight Railroad, Chelsea, Staten Island North Shore, Long Island Rail Road, Vanderbilt Cup Race, Javits-Convention-Center, West Village, High Line, Long Island, Friends of the High Line, Standard Hotel, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, New York News
Kevin Walsh

While the rehabilitation of the High Line as a lively urban space is one of the more exciting things to happen to NYC's streetscapes in years, it's not the first such transformation to take place.

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Everybody Eats Where?

Mara Gibbs | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Food-and-Wine, New York Restaurants, High Line, The Standard Grill, Boom Boom Room, The Standard, New York News
Mara Gibbs

New York is a fabulous restaurant town, maybe the best in the world, and there are so many places to discover and rediscover -- The Spotted Pig, The Breslin, The Standard Grill and more.

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Open House New York Offers Free Access to Architectural Wonders This Weekend

Jane Levere | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Little Red Lighthouse, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Apollo Theater, High Line, Open-House-New-York, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Richard Meier, Tom Otterness, New York Architecture, New York News
Jane Levere

Free access to places you can't easily visit: everything from the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, the world's oldest subway tunnel, to a museum of models of the work of the architect Richard Meier.

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The High Line -- New York's Latest Public Park Where Apparently Nudity Abounds

Mike McCready | Posted 09.26.2009 | New York

Read More: High Line, New York High Line, High Line's Standard Hotel, High Line Naked, High Line Park, High Line Standard, Standard Hotel, High Line Nudity, High Line Hotel, High Line Urban Park Near the Standard Hotel, High Line Standard Hotel, New York News, Highlin, New York News
Mike McCready

This park offers great views of the neighborhood and of the Hudson River - and apparently of the people staying in The Standard Hotel in all their nudity and lewd behavior.

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High Line Peep Show: Guests At The Standard Hotel Provide Naked Entertainment For Park-Goers

AP | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — Some guests at a New York City hotel near an elevated park have been offering unobstructed views of themselves. Guests at the Standa...

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The High Line: Think, Reuse, Grow Up

Anjuli Ayer | Posted 07.29.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Public Spaces, New York, High Line, New York Gardens, New York Parks, Rooftop Gardens, Gardening, Herbs, Gardens, New York News
Anjuli Ayer

When the High Line opened to the public a day early on June 8th, I didn't know how excited I was until I started to climb its steps.

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High Lines, Upward Trends

Sheryl McCarthy | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, High Line Park, New York City, High Line, Parks, New York News
Sheryl McCarthy

What greets you is not a profusion of green, but a quirky, gritty little park that captures the feel of the city, while also providing a haven from it.

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Story of Reusing The City: Welcome to High Line

Richard Laermer | Posted 07.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Values, Parks, Trendspotting, Reuse, Trends, Green Living, High Line, Friends of the High Line, Bryant Park, New York City, New York, New York News
Richard Laermer

Here, a town with many (other) problems turned an eyesore into what New Yorkers value most -- a public space that cost us nothing out of pocket.

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Why Anya Hindmarch and I Are High on the High Line

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 06.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Anya Hindmarch, High Line, Friends of the High Line, Meatpacking-District, Adam Gopnik, Style News
Melissa Biggs Bradley

The elevated railway in the Meatpacking district that is being transformed into the city's newest public park will open its first phase (from Gansevoort to 20th Street) next month.

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New York's Highline Park Vision: Reclaiming Abandoned Urban Landscape (VIDEO)

Sundance | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, High Line, Friends of the High Line, City Living, Parks, Green News

The High Line park project in New York City is a really cool one -- they're taking an old, unused elevated train track and turning it into a public sp...

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