The High Line, New York City

 

 

 

The High Line is a park, is nerdy, is hip, is a railroad bed, is a new perspective of lower Manhattan, and the Hudson River too, is art, is life, is the sky above and the pavement below, all a bustle, is quiet, is stone, is plants, is birds and crickets too, is grasses, is pebbles, is design, is random, is history, is New York City, is a gallery, is like nothing I have ever seen before, is radical, is majestic, is the work of thousands of regular people, and special ones too, is open to the public, is a once-in-a-generation piece, as my friend Maury Rubin said recently.

If you live in NY or anywhere near NYC and you have not been to the High Line yet, you have no excuse worth breathing life into. Just go. And if you have New York City on your future plans, fit this beautiful space in.

If you're so jaded to think you've seen and done it all already, go somewhere else and leave those of us crushed out on the High Line alone to enjoy it with each other.

The High Line is my new favorite person, place & thing. I go in the rain and sun and in cool and on warmer days.

I went last week and took too many photos. It was rainy, very cold, and almost completely empty.

There are four sets on flickr that, especially if you go in order, will give you a very close idea of what it feels like to look ahead, side-to-side and all around the High Line...

one, 2, THREE &  f o u r.

Comments

[Victoria]

I hope you had a good Thanksgiving.

When you are on the High Line, you are a stone's throw from my office!

Have you also seen the changes in the park along the river? It's nice to have tables so you can bring lunch over and eat it outside.

Have you seen that what was once Chelsea Commons is now Trestle?

Please keep us posted as to what you are up to.

[devon]

Just be-yoo-tiful, Shuna!

[Regina]

First of all may I just admit that I think I have a crush on your blog. I'm a french who just got back from NYC and unfortunately hadn't heard of this High line place. Thank you for the tip.

[Eléonora]

Your blog is super. So are your photographies. They make me hungry. I have spent a nice moment when seeing them. Thanks a lot.