MOST ORIGINAL URBAN PARK
Chapter Three: 16th -- 20th Street
The "Death Avenue," Amphitheater explains the
view of 10th Avenue, which had so many train-pedestrian deaths in the early
20th century, that it was known as Death Avenue:
"The bleachers of the High Line's amphitheater
provide a priceless 'only in New York' moment, for where else would a theater
be constructed with a grand view of traffic in motion?"
"Tourists and natives alike perch here day and night
with their cups of coffee to enjoy the endless rumble of trucks, taxis, cars,
limos, bicycles and motorized scooters as they make their way down the road
formerly known as 'Death Avenue.'"
"Traffic has always been an event in New York, and
this stadium offers a fine -- and uniquely stress-free -- way to experience and
indeed appreciate the unending vehicular flow as an art for unto itself."
High Line book review continues tomorrow, October 23
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