The High Line
I love nature! And anyone who doesn’t needs a long tight hug.
Sometimes I get delusions of giving it all up to go be one with nature.
For as long as I can remember I’ve always had this urge to move out into the wilderness and live out my life there.
When this urge gets stronger, I normally try to find nature in my urban setting.
Parks are the next best thing when you can’t get out into the wild.
I am often reminded that except for the occasional wayward pooch urban parks are much safer too.
I love innovative parks, which is why I absolutely had to go to the High Line.
I’d heard so much about, it felt like I’d already been there.
The High Line is a park in New York’s Meatpacking District built on an abandoned elevated railway track.
It opened last year, I visited the park back in April, and I must say I was impressed.
I’d seen pictures, though they never seemed as impressive as the concept.
If you ever been to, or seen pictures of Promenade Plantée (it was featured in Before Sunset)
The High Line was modeled after it.
Getting to the park also marked the first time I used the Subway in New York, which didn’t turn out to be the ordeal I’d always imagined.
We met a guy who coincidentally works for the NYC Parks & Rec., he was extremely kind and helpful.
He gave us all sorts of info and tidbits about the High Line and other NYC parks.
The High Line is so much more than I’d envisioned.
It’s welcoming, authentic and charming, and the views surrounding it are just spectacular.
I could have stayed forever it they’d let me, those recliner chairs are so comfortable.
As you would expect with most public spaces in New York, the park was quite crowded.
The atmosphere was still laid back and relaxing, you could forget you were in one of the busiest and bustling cities in the world.
The High Line is a favourite hangout for tourists and locals alike.
It fits right among the restaurants and shops in the Meatpacking district.
The park runs underneath the fabulous Standard Hotel and Chelsea Market.
The brilliance of the High Line is its novelty, that they took an abandoned and decrepit railroad and turned into a stylish urban public space is genius.
This website has some amazing ‘before’ pictures for perspective, if you’re interested.
High Line staff & stylish benches
Tracks
The view towards the river.
Looking down; yellow cabs and seats outside the Standard Hotel.
Wicked!
