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Welcome to the High Line
When A + I went to NYC last month, we were lucky to be there at a very exciting time – it was the grand opening weekend of the High Line. What is the High Line you ask? Well let’s go see…(watch this super cute video by Bill Cunningham for the New York Times for a great visual: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/11/fashion/20090712-street-feature/index.html (sorry I could not figure out how to embed it)
with Bill Cunningham, New York Times Photographer
Last night, my roommate Caren told me that Bill Cunningham featured the High Line in this week’s “On The Street” – a little feature on street fashion that I am in love with on the NYT – and it reminded me that I hadn’t blogged about it yet. Silly me. See Bill is a sweet, gentle man (at least that is what I gather/imagine from his voice) and a stellar fashion photo-journalist. So here is my homage to “On The Street” with Stephanie (minus the cute bike + nice camera).
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Beginning of the High Line
The entrance...
On an early June Saturday afternoon we walked over to the Meatpacking District – which looks a little odd in the daylight, having just seen young party pretties teetering on the cobblestones the night before. Our NYC hosts, Megan & John, lead us to the entrance at Gansevoort Street. As you climb the stairs, you arrive atop deserted elevated train tracks which were originally created in the 1930s to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan’s streets. Friends of the High Line, a local nonprofit, formed to preserve the High Line as a monument to New York’s industrial history and to turn it into a public park for Manhattanites to enjoy.
Landscaped train tracks
Pretty flowers in a light sprinkle
I must commend the Friends of the High Line on their dedication and vision. The design team was led by James Corner Field Operations, with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, who succeeded in creating a modern, open space rich in history and nature. The park weaves around the old train tracks and is lush with young saplings, flowers and green grasses. It is literally a floating oasis about NYC’s streets. You can sit on wood chaise lounges and enjoy the view of the River and New Jersey across the way. It was full of excited people, checking out this new/old space for the first time.
The path is a mixture of cement, plants and wood, along the tracks
Keep it Wild
The boys with The Standard Hotel behind
It even makes it way through old buildings, including the Standard Hotel, whose rooms have a great view of the High Line. Another phase is set to open in 2010
Walking the tracks
Chillin' on the rolling chaise lounges
Lounges on rollers
High Line skyline
That is a window to watch passing traffic below you
I definitely recommend checking out the High Line next time you are in NYC.
* a special p.s. – congrats to megan & john who got engaged on saturday in Central Park! xoxoxoxoxo
I’ve read about this on other blogs as well. Way cool!
I’ve seen this on other blogs as well. What a great way to make something beautiful and useful out of something that was old and an eye sore to boot.
It has been WAY too long since I’ve been back to my old stomping ground. What a wonderful idea this park was – I’m amazed. Thanks for including it!