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There was a time—roughly from 1900 to 1980—when New York City’s Meatpacking District was a place for actual . . . meatpacking. The neighborhood, which runs from West 14th Street to Gansevoort Street, was home to more than 250 slaughterhouses and packing plants. In the latter part of the 20th century, the area became a seedy center for drug dealing and prostitution. With the new millennium came the Meatpacking District’s most miraculous transformation—into one of New York’s most fashionable neighborhoods, better known for its nightlife and swank restaurants than its sausage production.
Throughout all these versions, the High Line, an elevated train along the far western side of New York City, stood sentinel. As part of the city’s 1929 West Side Improvement Project, the track had replaced the dangerous ground-level line near 10th Avenue, known as Death Avenue because of the number of fatal crashes and accidents. The High Line spanned twenty-two blocks, from 34th St. to Gansevoort St., and several neighborhoods, including Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, Hudson Yards and the Meatpacking District. Trains stopped running on the track with the...
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