Snapshot In Time

Don't you just love old photographs? With the ability to transport you back in time, a single image let's you peek into what life might have been, looked, or felt like "back in the day." In my daily meanderings around the internet, I stumbled upon these amazing photos of The High Line during its heyday in the early 20th Century and couldn't resist sharing. The High Line is an elevated railway track running along the West Side of Manhattan that was eventually abandoned between the 1960s and '70s, sitting unused and destined for demolition by 1980. It wasn't until 2009 when the City refurbished the entire 1.4-mile long line, reinventing the tracks as a public park featuring walkways, benches, and over 300 species of perennials, grasses, trees, shrubs and flowers. Looking back at these photos taken during the pinnacle, it's amazing to think how much has changed in the intervening years (but also how little! The Empire State Building is still there looking exactly the same!). Walking along the High Line now, the original train tracks are still somewhat visible beneath the benches and wildflowers if you look closely. But it's difficult to imagine the park in any other form, much less a working railway. Good thing there are photos to help us remember :)

Enjoy!

  
And here's what it looks like now...

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