NYC Photo Journal: Back to The High Line For The Extension
Please refer to this post, written in 2009 when the Highline first opened, for the back-story and photographs:
- click>>>NYC Photo Journal: The High Line: abandoned rail in the sky becomes a park
- Click>>>Link to updated map and info
The Highline has been lengthened to The Javits Center at 11th Avenue and 34th Street. At 2oth Street there is now an entrance. Once the hike upstairs is made, there are views on both sides: the Hudson River, and the Meatpacking District. (The lower west side of Manhattan)
On the weekend it was packed with tourists, but the lovely wild flower plantings remained a delight.
After a long walk and a long wait: Lunch. At the 10th Avenue Cookshop
mocktini
organic and delicious
turkey and mango
I really like the new life old structures can be given. There are great ideas that can be implemented with very little cost for the benefit of the public.
In my village they are thinking of converting the old railway line into a pedestrian and cycle path. Somewhere along the rail line they have already done it.