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Finally, the opening date for the High Line has been announced! Our sources tell us the Mayor will be doing the ribbon cutting on June 8th, followed by a public opening on Tuesday the 9th. No word yet on a comeback of David Bowie's High Line Festival.
So just how crowded is this highly anticipated park going to get? NYMag reports that there may be a wristband policy, limiting occupancy to 1,700 at a time. They explain, "During peak periods, access to the facility would be limited to the southernmost entrance at Gansevoort Street and interested visitors would receive wristbands permitting admission to the park at allotted hours. Eventually a live web link will allow people to check the park’s availability prior to making the trek west."
The High Line folks say the plan was just incase overcrowding becomes an issue, however, and it's one they're "not going to start unless we need to—where we’ll control access to the park." Yeah, yeah, next thing you know there will be bottle service up there.
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can't wait for the unsanctioned "gettin' high on the high line day"
I'm moving to philadelphia.
The thing used to carry freight trains and it can only handle 1700 people at a time?
Might have something to do with trying to avoid a crushing stampede like a European soccer match or the Hajj since there are limited entry and exit points.
Might also be because this is not a traditional park. It's a "linear park." There are places where only two or three people can walk at a time, and there's no getting around the bottleneck without trampling the plantings. Be honest, do you really think you would enjoy the High Line if it was like the Brooklyn Bridge, where tourists are packed like sardines?
I'm guessing previous posters are correct - it's about crowd control, not how much weight the thing can hold.
One week after the Brooklyn Bridge was opened, at least 12 people were killed by a stampede. Why? Too many people + a rumor that the bridge was about to collapse.
New York's first public park with a guestlist.
A guest list? Explain to me how I RSVP, because I don't see anything about that in this article.
Seriously, this is for safety reasons, and it's because the city has to issue a certificate of occupancy that limits its capacity. It's not some vast conspiracy to make the place a private park.
Pity this has to be handled this way. There was a time it would be an open space, where drag queens could trool for tricks and kids from NJ could score heroin and the homeless could poo and... Hmm, maybe it IS better if we handle things this way.
Just rename it Conde Nast Park and be done with it.
Was it accidental that this article is next to the one with the bongs?