High Line
Above Chelsea Market, passing through the building on the 10th Avenue side, a new urban landscape, called the High Line opened in the spring of 2009. This abandoned, elevated railroad track has been converted to an urban oasis or greenway, which will eventually form a continuous route between the Javits Convention Center and the trendy Meatpacking District.
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