Running from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, an old elevated railway is converted into a contemporary aerial park.
The views of the city are bird's eye, if a low-flying bird.
Built for industrial freight in the 1930s, it is fitting that the new High Line has splendid views of transportation. Roadways...
It still has some grittiness.
Hold on to your hats urban archaeology fans, the developers are coming!
The original High Line was an infrastructure project from the First Great Depression. So it is, perhaps, appropriate that its new life ushers in faster change for the Meat Packing District.
A clever sign, if slightly contradictory, says, "Keep it Wild. Stay on the Paths."
The plantings evoke a wild landscape, weeds growing out of the rails, with grasses, forbs and native plants. Bloom and texture among the salvaged tracks with a gravel topdressing.
The benches play off the shape and color of the tracks.
Come up for a stroll. Soon.
1 comment:
What a lovely idea someone had!
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