Posted
11:59 AM
by Gene

What's happening to
New York's High Line is a symbol of decline. Now that Manhattan is nothing but a producer of junk media, corrupt finance and the superrich it has to find a use for the detritus of its past, of a city more real and honest. The High Line served plain, productive industry; now it's a plaything for the local real-estate biz, and will no doubt be a magnet for skateboarders and street "artists" and other social parasites.
Why do we yearn for the past when we see a photo like this? One reason is the symmetry, a symmetry that will surely be missing from this new elevated Venice, California.