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Wrecking Ball Series Episode 3: About the High Line — Podcast #22
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Manhattan’s High Line is one of the world’s great parks, with a rich history at the crossroads of historic preservation, the law, and the great City and State of New York. In this episode of Wrecking Ball, host Adrian Untermyer welcomes Jonathan Broder, former General Counsel of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (or “Conrail”) to recount Broder’s key role in the formation of the High Line as we know it today. In doing so, Untermyer and Broder offer a crash course in the intertwined histories of American railroading, government regulation, and urban rebirth. So put on your walking shoes as we explore the High Line’s long and quirky origin story — complete with urban cowboys, “pro-garbage” community boards, boxcars full of turkeys, and everything in-between!
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