elevated railroad

The same foundation donated $20 million to the nearby High Line, a disused elevated railroad converted into a park in the sky.

And Los Angeles has consulted with the founders of New York City’s High Line — an abandoned elevated railroad remade into a park that stretches for blocks.

In places, the trail runs atop an old elevated railroad bed, part of an iron mine that flourished here in the 1800s.

From the roof deck, its potted hydrangeas and wisteria bursting with rude health, you can see the High Line, the disused stretch of elevated railroad spur that was converted into a public park in 2009.

She explained, too, how the elevated railroad being erected over Sixty-third Street would carry guests directly to Jackson Park.