#136 High Line Walking Tour

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2012

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the unofficial High Line audio walking tour! In our last podcast, we gave you a history of the High Line, the one-mile linear park situated atop a stretch of abandoned elevated railroad tracks along the West Side. This time, I'll take you on a tour along the High Line itself. This will incorportate some history of the elevated line itself, but it's geared towards describing the history of the surrounding neighborhoods. This is intended to be listened to as you walk along the High Line, beginning at the park's southern entrance at Washington Street and Gansevoort Street in the Meat Packing District. We'll end at 30th Street. This tour will last a little over an hour or so -- depending on what speed you choose to enjoy the High Line. But take your time! Along the way, I'll share tales from almost 200 years of history, from the early days of Fort Gansevoort during the War of 1812 to the underground club life of the 1990s. Featuring New York stories of the Titanic, the Lusitania and the Manhattan Project. And starring a wild array of people who have influenced these neighborhoods, including Abraham Lincoln, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Drew Barrymore, REVS, Cass Gilbert, a feisty lady named Tillie Hart, and a whole lotta people dressed like Stevie Nicks. Also: you might want a handful of Oreos after you're done. CORRECTION: I meant to say that the Morgan Processing and Distribution Center was 2.2 MILLION square feet, not 2.2 square feet. That's a sizeable difference! www.boweryboyspodcast.com Twitter: Boweryboys Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Greg Young and welcome to the Bowry Boys audio walking tour of the Highline. Hey, it's the Bowry Boys.
0:07.0	Hey!
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0:22.0	Welcome to my little experiment here on the Bowry Boys our very first walking tour.
0:27.0	On our last episode, Tom and I presented a history of the Highline that one mile linear park situated atop
0:33.0	abandoned elevated tracks along the west side.
0:36.0	This time, I'll take you on a tour along the Highline itself.
0:39.0	This will incorporate some history of the elevated tracks itself but is more intended to be a tour of the surrounding neighborhoods.
0:46.0	This is meant to be listened to as you walk along the Highline, beginning at the park's southern entrance at Washington and Gaines of Ward streets in the meatpacking district.
0:55.0	I have to apologize now to any listeners out there who don't live in New York but save this show for a future visit to the city or you can actually follow along on Google Maps.
1:04.0	Now you really should listen to episode 135.
1:08.0	That's our history of the Highline episode.
1:10.0	Listen to that first as a background to the structure itself.
1:13.0	From there, you'll be ready to begin your walk.
1:15.0	We'll head north up the link to the Highline to 30th Street.
1:18.0	We'll be making brief stops almost every time the Highline intersects with a cross street.
1:23.0	And I'll direct you to sites to the east of the Highline, to the west, and in a couple cases right above you.
1:29.0	This will be an informal audio walking guide.
1:32.0	I'll prompt you to the next stop and include a few seconds in between before speaking again so there'll be no weird beeps or anything in your ears.
1:40.0	To maximize this experience, you'll want to frequently pause and even rewind a bit.
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