When the trains stopped, a park began
列车不再经过，公园开始生长
纽约曼哈顿的一段高架铁路，后来让人们走在了从前列车经过的地方。
A section of elevated railway in Manhattan, New York, later let people walk where trains had once travelled.
它就是高线公园，但这段空间并不是一停运就自动成了公园。
It became the High Line, but the space did not automatically turn into a park as soon as trains stopped.
停用之后，结构需要维修，轨道间却有植物自己长了出来。
After disuse, the structure needed maintenance while plants grew among the tracks on their own.
一九九九年，附近两位居民成立“高线之友”，希望把这段高架空间保留下来，改成公共绿地。
In 1999, two local residents founded Friends of the High Line to preserve the elevated space and turn it into a public greenway.
后来，这个想法经过支持、设计和施工，二〇〇九年才开放了第一段。
The idea then went through support, design and construction before the first section opened in 2009.
设计没有把铁路的过去全部藏起来：钢结构和轨道得到修复，旁边安排步道、植物与座椅。
The design did not hide the railway’s entire past: steelwork and tracks were restored, with paths, planting and seating alongside.
原来自发长出的野生景观，也成为新设计呼应的一部分。
The landscape that had grown spontaneously was also reflected in the new design.
一片长草的旧线路，和一个能供公众使用的公园，中间隔着许多人的决定与工作。
Between a grassy abandoned line and a usable public park lay many people’s decisions and work.
保留过去，并不一定意味着让所有东西继续做原来的事。
Preserving the past does not necessarily mean keeping everything in its original job.
如今沿着轨道边步行，脚下的路仍然提示着，这座城市曾经怎样把货物送来。
Walking beside the tracks, the route still recalls how the city once brought goods through this place.
