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From: Architexturez <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:07:31 +0530
Abandoned rail's an urban dream
A MoMA exhibit and a new Web site dare to envision an oasis that
meanders down the West Side
BY JUSTIN DAVIDSON
STAFF WRITER
April 19, 2005
The idea of a public park on the High Line is slowly slouching out of
dreamland. Regulatory and financial impediments remain: the federal
government has to approve the rail line's transfer to the city, and
there is still the small matter of $100 million to be raised. But at
least it has become easy to imagine a future for the disused railway
that snakes down the West Side of Manhattan from the Hudson Yards to the
Meatpacking District.
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http://www.nynewsday.com/entertainment/news/ny-ethigh194224221apr19,0,755530.story