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A segment of the abandoned Rockaway Branch LIRR in Queens. Community activists are hoping to transform the tracks into a greenway, despite past resistance from Community Board 6. Flickr/LisaSez.
New High Lines Going Up, Down and…Nowhere
John Farley  |  December 16, 2011 4:00 AM | 2 Comments
As a result of the High Line's success, New Yorkers have begun to see their imaginative ideas for abandoned infrastructure less as quixotic dreams, and more as real possibilities.
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