2001 · Organization archive
New York came close to erasing the High Line
A demolition order was signed in 2001, two years after neighborhood advocates organized to preserve the disused railway. The first park section opened in 2009.
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Famous misses
2010 · Official index + calculation
Buying Miami in 2010 still required surviving another fall
FHFA’s metro index fell about 7.8% after early 2010 before beginning the long rise hindsight remembers. This is an index story, not an appraisal of any individual home.
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