Introducing the High Line New Preface to the Third Edition xiii Prologue: The Story of the High Line, from Elevated Railroad to Linear Park xxii Foreword by Rick Darke xxxiv Joel Sternfeld xxxix Designing the High Line xli Piet Oudolf and the Plants of the High Line xlvi Section One: Gansevoort-14th Street The Slow Stairs, 5 * Friends of the High Line, 6 * Gansevoort Woodland, 9 * Mannahatta Then and Now, 11 * The Manhattan Refrigerating Company, 12 * Washington Grasslands, 13 * Wildlife on the High Line, 14 * Whitney Museum , 15 * Gansevoort Pumping Station, 18 * Pier 52 and Day's End, 19 * Thirteenth Avenue and Gansevoort Peninsula, 20 * Pier 54 and Little Island, 24 * The Meatpacking District, 27 * 14th Street Passage, 29 * P. F. Collier & Son, 30 * The Louche Hotels, 31 Section Two: 14th-16th Streets The Bog, 37 * Piers and Pile Fields, 38 * Pier 57, 39 * The Sundeck, 40 * Hoboken Terminal, 40 * Chelsea Market, 41 * The Northern and Southern Spurs, 44 * Merchants Refrigerating Company Warehouse, 46 * Piet Oudolf's Favorites, 46 * The Spring Cutback, 48 * Other High Lines, 50 Section Three: 16th-20th Streets Death Avenue Amphitheater, 59 * The West Side Cowboy, 59 * Tenth Avenue Square, 62 * Chelsea Grasslands, 63 * New Architecture along the High Line, Part One, 64 * Tenement Houses, 68 * High Line Art, 70 * Astilbe, Allium 'Mt. Everest', Staghorn Sumac, 70 * The Chelsea Piers, 71 * Grasses, 73 * Publishing and Printing, 75 * Breaking the Grid, 75 * Clement Clarke Moore--a.k.a. Seal--Park , 76 * Guardian Angel Church, 77 * Holly on the High Line, 78 Section Four: 20th-23rd Streets West Chelsea, 81 * The Chelsea Thicket, 82 * General Theological Seminary, 82 * The Art Deco Prison, 83 * The Life Savers Building, 84 * The Warehouse Law, 85 * Center of Amusements, 86 * The Spears Building and Seating Steps, 87 * The Prairie Lawn, 88 * The Chelsea Hotel, 90 * The Empire Diner, 91 * The Gallery and Art Scene, 92 * London Terrace Apartments, 94 * The Original People's Park, 95 Section Five: 23rd-26th Streets The Slow Park, 99 * New Architecture along the High Line, Part Two, 99 * The Flyover, 102 * Tree of Heaven: From Beloved to Bemoaned, 103 * From Global Grocer to World School, 104 * H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co.

, 105 * Magnolias, 106 * The Modern Luxury Cruise, 107 * The Great Spires, 108 * Water Towers, 110 * Heavy Metal in West Chelsea, 111 * Otis Elevator Company, 112 * Pharmacy in the Sky, 114 * The Lighterage Era, 114 Section Six: 26th-30th Streets The Wildflower Field, 121 * The High Line Zeitgeist, 121 * Peter Obletz, 123 * New York's Lumberyard, 124 * The Radial Bench, 124 * "Make the Place Sittable", 125 * 30th Street Cut- Out, 126 * The Central Stores Complex, 126 * The Morgan General Mail Facility and Abraham Lincoln, 128 Section Seven: The Interim Walkway The Crossroads, 135 * The Eastern Rail Yards and the Rail Track Walk, 135 * Keep It Wild: The Interim Walkway, 137 * The Divine Wild Carrot, 139 * Hell's Kitchen, 140 * The Javits Center Green Roof, 141 * 34th Street Entry Plaza and CSX Transportation Gate, 142 Section Eight: 30th-34th Streets The Shed, 147 * Hudson Yards, 147 * Tenth Avenue Spur, 148 * Westyard Distribution Center, 150 * The Moynihan Connector, 151 * The Time Line, 154 Acknowledgments 157 Notes 161 Bibliography 175 Index 179.