New York construction projects don’t often get to use the word “finished.” But the High Line is about to pull off something almost as impressive as turning abandoned train tracks into one of the city’s best outdoor spaces: losing its last construction shed.
The elevated park’s final garden is expected to open in November, 17 years after its first section welcomed visitors in 2009. At West 34th Street and Twelfth Avenue, the new planting beds will give its northern entrance a much greener greeting—and finally complete a public space that has opened in stages for nearly two decades.
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