Once they built a railroad….. In the 1920′s, the City required the New York Central Railroad to convert their Hudson Line as it ran along the west side of Manhattan from running on the surface (street level) to an elevated and below ground line. The result, in part, is the High Line running from 14th St. to 34th St. An organization called Friends of the High Line is spearheading the conversion of this now abandoned right-of-way into a park and the Club is hosting a talk by their representative at our February General Meeting.