Before It Was a Rail-Trail: A Silent Love Story from New York's High Line Posted 02/12/18 by Gina Zammit in America's Trails | Tagged with History Happened Here, New York High Line Mural Art | Photo by Gigi Altarejos Seventy-two years ago, in the summer of 1946, 18-year-old Joe and 17-year-old Irene were riding on the High Line—then a portion of the New York Central’s West Side Line—through Manhattan. Full Story