tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post3574847169097943402..comments2023-10-26T09:58:01.275-04:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: The High Line: The wild, wild West Side, cowboys included, inspires an elevated railroad and a remarkable parkThe Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-76202299322432139462012-08-08T16:26:18.031-04:002012-08-08T16:26:18.031-04:00The Gansevoort image is of the first elevated rail...The Gansevoort image is of the first elevated railway in New York, 1870. No relation to the High Line. It was rebuilt into the 9th Ave El which was closed in 1940.Joe Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15794970054571692313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-85035814848308925122012-03-16T13:11:06.124-04:002012-03-16T13:11:06.124-04:00I admit, the picture confuses me too, and it may b...I admit, the picture confuses me too, and it may be an image of Harvey's old elevated railroad. (The photo certainly looks older.) However it was labeled in more than one place as the beginnings of the freight line. I'll see if I can find more information about it...The Bowery Boys - Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-80296594410709482832012-03-16T05:24:46.381-04:002012-03-16T05:24:46.381-04:00As someone who grew in the far west village I can ...As someone who grew in the far west village I can tell you I am far happier with today's treatment of the area. I'm not sure who really wants to live in a ghetto, or in fact were you one of those who were just 'slumming' it in the Village but now are yourself so snobbish you still think you're better than anyone else? No, lawlessness is not befitting of such a beautiful and great area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-17615092236870988612012-03-16T05:22:08.018-04:002012-03-16T05:22:08.018-04:00Are we sure the Gansevoort image is the high-line ...Are we sure the Gansevoort image is the high-line in its early stages, or am I reading this incorrectly? I know there was an early elevated passenger train up Hudson and the supports look similar to this in my opinion. It would have run towards Gansevoort, although I'm not sure if it was built that far north...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-29016686094719766562012-03-11T23:45:17.489-04:002012-03-11T23:45:17.489-04:00I found the northern end, where it used to go into...I found the northern end, where it used to go into the postoffice at 30 street interesting, how they just bricked up the space where the trains used to enter.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17898254862235995753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-36290379471434966412012-03-11T20:02:22.407-04:002012-03-11T20:02:22.407-04:00Great podcast, as usual. That first photograph of ...Great podcast, as usual. That first photograph of the overgrown High Line has long mystified me. It seems too far north to be facing south and it couldn't be facing north with the image reversed (so that the Empire State Building appears on the wrong side) because the wording in the advertisements is not backwards. I walked the length of the High Line this afternoon and finally figured out that it's facing east on an adjoining track over 30th Street and eventually leads directly into the side of a brick building. I think what fooled me is that it looks like a longer stretch in the photo than it really is.Rob Hillhttp://crayolathief.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-44767754383426499242012-03-11T17:48:46.739-04:002012-03-11T17:48:46.739-04:00And now, it's essentially a semi-private playg...And now, it's essentially a semi-private playground for the snobbish, monied interloping staycationing refugees from flyover states. There was more character in the area when it was still dangerous to walk through at night. I sure miss the good old bad days.King Ninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191853691991090918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-1692352486547516272012-03-09T13:57:14.981-05:002012-03-09T13:57:14.981-05:00The 2nd photo of the train "cowboy" is m...The 2nd photo of the train "cowboy" is much latter than 1922. Judging from the cars, it looks to be from the mid-1930s to early 1940s.Stephanienoreply@blogger.com