High Line Phase 2 set to get underway.As condo towers rise beside it and restaurants and high-end boutiques open below it, construction crews continue work on the centerpiece of West Side development: The High Line. Crews have completed the first phase of construction for the Section 1 of the elevated rail bed-turned-park. Section 1 runs from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street. "We're cruising along," said Peter Mullen, director of planning for Friends of the High Line, the non-profit group largely responsible for conceiving Conceiving may refer to:
"The project is moving ahead on schedule with the goal of opening the first section of the park in 2008." The completed first phase of construction consisted of removal of debris and concrete. This included removal and storage of all the original rail tracks Rail tracks are used on railways (or railroads), which, together with railroad switches (or points), guide trains without the need for steering. Tracks consist of two parallel steel rails, which are laid upon sleepers (or cross ties) that are embedded in ballast to form the , which were tagged and mapped so that some can be integrated into the design of the new High Line landscape. The second phase of construction, set to begin in September, will include lead paint abatement A reduction, a decrease, or a diminution. The suspension or cessation, in whole or in part, of a continuing charge, such as rent. With respect to estates, an abatement is a proportional diminution or reduction of the monetary legacies, a disposition of property by will, when , re- painting of the structure, concrete and steel repair, and the installation of drainage systems Noun 1. drainage system - a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a and pigeon pigeon, common name for members of the large family Columbidae, land birds, cosmopolitan in temperate and tropical regions, characterized by stout bodies, short necks, small heads, and thick, heavy plumage. deterrents on the underside of the High Line. During the lead paint abatement process, the construction team will use a mobile containment containment Strategic U.S. foreign policy of the late 1940s and early 1950s intended to check the expansionist designs of the Soviet Union through economic, military, diplomatic, and political means. It was conceived by George Kennan soon after World War II. structure to protect surrounding areas while sand- blasting. City-contracted workers broker ground at the High Line in April of this year. When complete, The High Line will run 1.5 miles along the West Side of Manhattan from Gansevoort Street to 34th Street. |
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