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High Line Park 29/04/2015 15h30
Near the West 19th Street.
High Line Park
The High Line (also known as the High Line Park) is a 2.33 km New York City linear park built in Manhattan on an elevated section of a disused New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line. Inspired by the 4.8-kilometer Promenade plantée (tree-lined walkway), a similar project in Paris completed in 1993, the High Line has been redesigned and planted as an aerial greenway and rails-to-trails park.
The High Line Park uses the disused southern portion of the West Side Line running to the Lower West Side of Manhattan. It runs from Gansevoort Street – three blocks below 14th Street – in the Meatpacking District, through Chelsea, to the northern edge of the West Side Yard on 34th Street near the Javits Convention Center. An unopened spur extends above 30th Street to Tenth Avenue. Formerly, the West Side Line went as far south as a railroad terminal to Spring Street just north of Canal Street; however, most of the lower section was demolished in 1960, with another small portion of the lower section being demolished in 1991.
Repurposing of the railway into an urban park began construction in 2006, with the first phase opening in 2009, and the second phase opening in 2011. The third and final phase officially opened to the public on September 21, 2014. A short stub above Tenth Avenue and 30th Street, is still closed as of September 2014, but will open by 2015. The project has spurred real estate development in the neighborhoods that lie along the line. As of September 2014, the park gets nearly 5 million visitors annually.
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Lower Manhattan (New York)
La nueva zona de moda de la ciudad. a principio de siglo, era la zona donde estaban ubicados los mataderos de la ciudad. En la década de los 80 el barrio decayó hasta convertirse en una zona de tráfico de drogas y de prostitución. Surgieron muchos clubes de prostitución en la zona, en su mayoría controlados por la mafia hasta que a finales de década la policía consiguió hacerse con el control de la zona clausurando todos los locales regentados por la mafia.
A principios de los 90 el Meatpacking District comenzó su transformación en lo que es ahora mismo. En 2004 el New York Magazine declaró al Meatpacking District como el barrio más de moda.
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The Meatpacking District a neighbourhood in Manhattan, New York City.
Although the area was originally residential, markets have existed in the district since the 1840s. People moved into tenements in the Meatpacking District in the 1820s to escape epidemics in what was then the main part of New York.
In 1884, New York named two acres of land after General Peter Gansevoort, a Revolutionary War hero and grandfather of Herman Melville. The neighbourhood shifted to become a market. Initially, these expansive farmers’ markets were popular for produce, but they moved to dairy and meat markets as refrigeration became more available.
Still, the area did not stray far from its Native American roots as a trading hub. The neighbourhood formerly known as “Sapokanikan” became a hot spot for all kinds of industries, including turpentine distilleries, terra cotta and granite works, iron works, the lumber industry, and a freight yard of the Hudson River Railroad Company.
It was also home to the National Biscuit Company, or Nabisco. From 1898 to 1959, the building that is now Chelsea Market was responsible for making Oreos, Nilla Wafers and various other cookies and crackers for the masses.
In 1900, 250 slaughterhouses and packing plants filled the district; by the 1930s, those houses produced the nation’s third-largest volume of dressed meats.
The Meatpacking District then experienced a decline from the 1970s to 1990s, as the local industries became obsolete. Many of the packing plants closed due to the proliferation of supermarkets, which made going to a butcher shop unnecessary. As the markets closed, the industrial neighbourhood gave way to a thriving club scene and a seedy reputation for prostitution, drugs and crime.
During the 1990s, the neighbourhood’s luck started to change for the better. Suddenly, it was a popular choice for designers to set up shop. Some of the neighbourhood’s early tenants included Diane von Furstenberg, Alexander McQueen, and Moschino. The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, along with the New York State Parks, Recreation and Preservation Department took note of the new improvement and sought out assistance through grants.
Five meatpacking companies still operate in the district. Boutiques and bars are more common than rump roasts these days, and the neighbourhood continues to evolve almost daily.
Information Source:
www.meatpacking-district.com/history/