NEW YORK (AP) — Ricardo Scofidio, an architect who transformed an abandoned railway into New York City’s popular High Line park and was among the first in his profession to win a MacArthur ...

A city ordinance passed in the 1850s stipulated that a person on horseback had to ride ahead of each train, waving a red flag and lantern to announce its approach, but the deaths continued.

Now, coyotes prowl one of New York City’s last wild places. What will it become ... a nonprofit that hopes to turn the abandoned train line into a linear park similar to the High Line in Manhattan.