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Starting at the Hudson Rail Yards, the High Line rail structure
rises up and through the art galleries of West Chelsea toward
the Gansevoort Meat Packing District, traversing 22 city blocks
and traveling through two buildings at an average of 30 feet
above street level. Built in the early 1930's to carry freight
to the factories and warehouses in the West Side, the High
Line's main intention was the elimination of over 100 dangerous
street-level rail crossings. Closed in 1980, the rail structures
has been demolished in sections to its present 1.5-mile length.
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