<P> Major backers included Philip Falcone, Diane von Fürstenberg, Barry Diller, and von Fürstenberg's children, Alexander von Fürstenberg and Tatiana von Fürstenberg . Hotel developer Andre Balazs, owner of the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, built the 337 - room Standard Hotel, straddling the High Line at West 13th Street . </P> <P> The southernmost section, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, opened as a city park on June 8, 2009 . This southern section includes five stairways and elevators at 14th Street and 16th Street . Around the same time, construction for the second section began . </P> <P> On June 7, 2011, a ribbon was cut to open the second section from 20th Street to 30th Street, with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, and Congressman Jerrold Nadler in attendance . </P> <P> In 2011, CSX Transportation, the then - owner of the northernmost section, from 30th to 34th Streets, agreed in principle to donate the section to the city, while the Related Companies, which owns the development rights to the West Side Rail Yards, agreed not to tear down the spur that crosses 10th Avenue . Construction on the final section was started in September 2012 . </P>

The line that runs roughly east to west