NEW YORK—Strolling high above the sidewalks of Manhattan for a full 22 blocks without crossing a single street is a step closer to reality. Already one of the city’s most popular destinations, the High Line will be expanded, starting late October and opening early 2014, officials announced Thursday.
The third and final section will run from a spur at the intersection of 10th Avenue and 30th Street in a horseshoe, slowly turning toward the Hudson River to run parallel with 12th Avenue before curving inland into 34th Street.
“This is a really exciting day for us,” said Robert Hammond, co-founder of Friends of the High Line, at an event Thursday. “Our ultimate goal has always been to open the High Line all the way to 34th Street, and there were times we thought it might not happen—that it was too complex, too challenging—but here we are to celebrate the beginning of construction.”
