June 4, 2009
Elevated High Line park to officially open June 9
(Update: See pictures from opening day at the High Line.)
June 9 will be the official opening date of the High Line.
The park will be open daily from 7a.m. to 10 p.m. with limited use during June due to anticipated crowds.
“After ten years of advocacy, planning, and construction, the High Line is opening. Section 1 of the High Line (from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street) will open Tuesday, June 9, offering visitors the chance to preview the park, which is still under construction,” Friends of the High Line writes in its newsletter announcing the opening.
More details from the newsletter:To ensure public safety during the first days and weeks that the High Line is open, visitors on the High Line will flow from south to north. Please plan on entering the park at the Gansevoort Street access point, unless you are in need of an elevator. Elevator service is available at 16th Street, with another elevator opening in July at 14th Street. You may exit the park at any of the access points (Gansevoort, 14th, 16th, 18th and 20th Streets).
 The park remains under construction on an elevated rail tracks used by freight trains since the 1930s. Sitting abandoned on the West Side, the Friends of the High Line formed to raise funds to turn the space into a public park. For a live view of a section, see the webcam for The Standard hotel, (pictured,) which straddles a section of the High Line in the Meatpacking District.
Earlier: Hotel Gansevoort High Line package starts June 15
Earlier: High Line sneak peak before the park opens in June
June 4, 2009 3:18 PM in Architecture, Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Kids, Romance, Sightsology
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