![Jeremiah Moss's famous New York Times op-ed,](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/NYTimes_Disney-on-Hudson_August21-2012-1024x918.jpg)
“Then the raw steer carcasses started to roll and the odor of blood and hacked-apart flesh mixed with the other charming aromas. The High Line was making its deliveries . . .
— Patricia Fieldsteel, recalling the 1970s High Line, The Villager, April 2, 2003
![Crowds in the Interim Walkway on the High Line, September 2014. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_Interim-Walkway_September2014-1024x683.jpg)
![Weischsel Beef loading its truck under the High Line, May 2015. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_Weichsel-Beef_May2015-1024x682.jpg)
![Limestone steer's head, once part of the facade of the New York Butchers' Dressed Meat Company on 11th Ave. between 39th & 40th Streets, designed by Horgan & Slattery. Today in Chelsea Waterside Park. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_NYButchers-Dressed-Meat-768x1024.jpg)