Tour The Elevated Park In New York City That's Drawing 50,000 Visitors A Day

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This weekend marks the unofficial end of the summer, so don't miss your chance to get out and enjoy some final summertime activities.

For many New Yorkers taking a stroll on the High Line is a favorite one. More than 300,000 people visited the park in June, and on a busy Saturday as many as 50,000 people walk through it.

The park originally opened as part of a partnership between the community based not-for-profit group, Friends of the High Line and the City of New York back in July of 2009 and stretched from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street. But  this summer visitors have even more space to enjoy after the opening of the the second section (20th to 30th streets) in June.

The park cost the city $152 million to renovate, $44 million of which was raised by Friends of the High Line. A price Mayor Bloomberg says was well worth the investment, citing that it has generated an estimated $2 billion in private investment in the surrounding area.

Originally built in 1930s, the High Line was part of the West Side Improvement Project. It was constructed in order to remove dangerous freight train traffic from the streets of the city and cost approximately $150 million at the time. No trains have run on the High Line since 1980.

But whatever the cost, plenty of New Yorkers have spent the last couple years enjoying it. So we thought we'd take you on and end-of-the-summer tour to appreciate it for yourself.

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