Introducing the High Line
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![The end of Section 1 at the 20th Street gate in June 2011. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/20th-Street-Gate_June2011_LaFarge-1024x688.jpg)
![Construction on the High Line, April 2012. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/Grasshopper_April-2012_LaFarge-1024x686.jpg)
![Chelsea-Elliottt Houses (across street) and Avenues School, through the High LIne's Billboard at 26th Street. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_Chelsea-ElliottAvenuesBillboard-1024x768.jpg)
![The New West Washington Market, New York City, 1888, wood engraving on paper. Artist Unknown. Image courtesy Clark Art Institute, http://clarkart.edu](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/smNew-West-Washington-Market_Clark-Art-Institute-1024x700.jpg)
![West Washington Market, 1907, showing (at left) Gansevoort Pumping Station. Photographer unknown.](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/Gansevoort-Market_1907-1024x829.jpg)
![Gansevoort Market, Pumping Station, Chelsea Piers and Manhattan Refrigerating Company Warehouse, 1900. Photo:Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/GansMarketPumping-StationManhattan-Refrig_NYPL_-1024x640.jpg)
![Thirty-third Street and 11th Avneue in the decades before the High Line. Photo: Kalmbach Publishing](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/33St_NYCentral-Station_Kalmbach_RGB-1024x810.jpg)
![St. John's Terminal, early 1930s. Photo: Kalmbach Publishing](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/St.-Johns-Terminal_Kalmbach-Publishing.jpg)
![George Hayde and Cyclone, March 29, 1941: the last](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/WSide-Cowboy_Kalmbach_RGB-1024x818.jpg)
![S.S. Carpathia docked at Chelsea Piers, 1912. According to the NYC Municipal Archive, historians suspect this photograph was probably taken after Carpathia arrived with survivors of the Titanic disaster. Photo: Municipal Archives, City of New York](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/S.S.Carpathia_NYC-Municipal-Archives-1024x784.jpg)
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There are other wonderful parks in the neighborhood. One of the joys of Hudson River Park is the Carousel at Pier 62 with its hand-carved animals native to the Hudson River Valley
![Coyote, sea horses & black bear on the Pier 62 Carousel.Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High LinePhoto: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_Hudson-River-Park-Carousel_seahorse-1024x846.jpg)
![Wild turkey, crawfish & cormorant on the Pier 62 Carousel.Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High LinePhoto: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_Hudson-River-Park-Carousel_turkeyfriends-929x1024.jpg)
![Unicorn, mallard duck, sea turtle on the Pier 62 Carousel. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High LinePhoto: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_Hudson-River-Park-Carousel_unicornfriends-1024x768.jpg)
![Deer, horseshoe crab & eel on the Pier 62 Carousel. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High LinePhoto: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_Hudson-River-Park-Carousel_deersnake-1024x977.jpg)
![Harbor seal and pups on the Pier 62 Carousel. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High LinePhoto: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_Hudson-River-Park-Carousel_sea-lion-1024x768.jpg)
![Black bear, rabbit & sea horses on the Pier 62 Carousel. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High LinePhoto: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_Hudson-River-Park-Carousel_bearrabbit-1024x892.jpg)
![Rick Darke's October 2002 photo of the abandoned High Line in today's Tenth Avenue Spur](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/RDARKE_Rail-Yards_sm-1024x753.jpg)
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![New York Central Logo on the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/Rick-Darke_NY-Central-1024x768.jpg)
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![Hugh Ferris,](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/Hugh-Ferriss-from-RPA-868x1024.jpg)
Proposal to Increase Street Capacity,” from the Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs (1923–24).
Joel Sternfeld’s early images of the abandoned High Line. See all his High Line photos here.
all photos courtesy Joel Sternfeld
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![Images of the abandoned High Line with wild grasses and plants growing between the old railroad tracks](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/Sternfeld-entry-2_sm.jpg)
![Preparing the](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/concrete-bathtub_August2009_LaFarge-1024x686.jpg)
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![Remediation team in the West Side Rail Yards on the High Line, February 2013.Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_remediation-team_February2013-1024x682.jpg)
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![The lighting design on the High Line by Hervé Descottes of L’Observatoire, Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_lighting-1024x987.jpg)
![Lighting along the pathways on the High Line. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_High-Line-Lights2-1024x686.jpg)
![Gentle lighting under the railings on the High Line. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge-lightsCoach-building-1024x682.jpg)
![The classic](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_classic-peel-up-1024x682.jpg)
![Art Deco railing on the High Line. Photo: Rick Darke](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/RDARKE_DSC03685-1024x768.jpg)
![Expansion joints on the High Line. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_expansion-joint-1024x768.jpg)
![Stone mulch on the High Line.Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_stone-mulch-1024x682.jpg)
![Everything in bloom in the Chelsea Grasslands in June 2013. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_Chelsea-Grasslands_June2013-1024x682.jpg)
![Drainage system and rail labels on the High Line.Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/LaFarge_rail-markingdrainage-1024x682.jpg)
![Even the birds wonder at the rail labels. Photo: Annik LaFarge, author of On the High Line](https://highlinebook.com/wp-content/uploads/rail-labelbird_June2013-1024x682.jpg)
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