Pogwatigue Perambulations: The High Line

Pogwatigue Perambulations

Pogwatigue: A Pottawatomie word meaning 'running water.' Early settlers chose this word as the original name for my hometown, Niles, Michigan.

Perambulation: roam, stroll, inspection of an area on foot.

My intent for this blog is to catalog my various local, regional, national, and perhaps someday international explorations. Originally, I found the blog a good vehicle to publish Google maps on the internet and all my initial posts have such a map embedded, but I don't limit myself to that genre. Almost all the posts will have a personal, geographic element. For the title, I chose Pogwatigue due to its ties to my roots roots and perambulations as a fancy, alliterative word to describe the content.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

The High Line

In the 1930s, the New York Central relocated a section of freight railroad off of New York's city streets on to an elevated line that cut down the west side of Manhattan. The line fell into disuse a few decades later, with sections eventually being demolished. About half the line remains today as public park. The first section opened in 2009, with the second planned to open later this year. While in New York yesterday to send off some friends who are moving to California next month, I made a side trip to walk the the ten block section that is currently accessible.

Full Screen Version

The track is a little erratic due to GPS interference from the tall buildings, but if you zoom in you can see the High Line quite clearly.