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The High Line: A Photo Essay

There is an abandoned train track on the West side of Manhattan, running from 34th Street to Gaanesvoort. Imagine a trail in the woods, full of plants and garbage, hovering above the city. A photo essay by Rosecrans Baldwin.

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There is an abandoned train track on the West side of Manhattan, running from 34th Street to Gaanesvoort. Imagine a trail in the woods, full of plants and garbage, hovering above the city. A photo essay from a day along the line. View the High Line.

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Rosecrans Baldwin
Rosecrans Baldwin is a founding editor of The Morning News. His first novel, You Lost Me There, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books (August 2010). He most recently wrote the Letters from Paris column for TMN. Someday his ashes will be tossed off Mount Desert Island. You can catch him on Twitter or find more on his web site.

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