Citizens Park opened on stilts.

New York has a green oasis in the southwest of Manhattan Mayor Bloomberg opened the High Line Park on stilts built on the site was a disused railway route from the thirties years.

 

New York - New York's Central Park gets competition: The High Line park, which has opened since Tuesday, attracts about 2.5 kilometers from the southwest of Manhattan. The new Green follows the route of a disused elevated railway from the Meatpacking District to 34th Street.

"Instead of this valuable piece of our history to destroy, we have it in a modern park rebuilt much of the public square in the air and at the same time creating jobs," said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the opening. The railway line from the thirties once the cargo transported through the streets of the former butcher across district. It closed in 1980.

The Meatpacking District is one of the neighborhoods of the city scene. In the park built on stilts, the visitor a view of the Hudson River, lush vegetation and old industrial buildings of Manhattan. The 152 million U.S. dollars (around 110 million Euro) costly construction project extends more than ten blocks of flats, it will be in 2010, finally completed by. The architects had the railroad tracks are in their original condition.

The new park was built during the New York fashion week by celebrities such as designer Diane von Fürstenberg visited: They met with several Hollywood actors on the new green lung of New York.