Our Pick
Posted on @rawstates
The High Line opens
2009
West Side, Manhattan
CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
An elevated freight line abandoned in 1980 and slated for demolition, saved by two neighbours who liked the wild grass growing on it. It draws eight million visitors a year and has been copied worldwide, along with the property inflation it brought.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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