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Article: 30 feet up, the High Line invigorates West Village ; If you go . . .
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 4, 2009
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NEW YORK - "What a great view!" exclaims a young woman, her long
hair ruffled by a rainy gust. Three stories above the street, she
stands in Manhattan's new, elevated park, the High Line, in the
former meatpacking district of the West Village.
Behind her and a few blocks to the west, the Hudson River can be
glimpsed between buildings, but the woman gazes in the opposite
direction, taking in the patchwork of flat roofs along Washington
Street. Fronting the rain-slick pavement, taut black banners
announce a row of high-end fashion boutiques in old warehouses where
sides of beef once hung from hooks. Below the river side of the High
Line, a deliveryman bumps a piled-high dolly over the ...