The High Line

It has been raining for the past several weeks. I no longer ask myself, "WTF is wrong with the weather?!" I just put on my rain boots, grab my umbrella, and embrace the rain.

Today I checked out the High Line, a newly designed park that runs on the west side of the city. Originally constructed in the 1930's as an elevated freight train line, the High Line offers a view of the Hudson River to west and the Meatpacking and Chelsea neighborhoods to the east. And if you're lucky, it also gives you a view of people getting it on at the Standard Hotel.

This is going to be my new hang-out spot. If I want to escape the city, I'll go to Central Park. If I want to be one with the city, I'm going to the High Line.

I entered through the southernmost end of the park at Gansevoort Street. The High Line runs through the Standard Hotel, as seen above.

A view of Meatpacking.

The passage way between 15th and 16th Streets has an art installation that's entitled "The River that Flows Both Ways." The artist photographed the Hudson River and recreated the glass windows to represent the pixels on the photographs...or something like that.

While I enjoyed the architectural details of the High Line, I also liked looking at the buildings around it, like the IAC building, designed by Frank Gehry, to the far left. And yeah, the A/X billboard model was nice to look at too.

The end of the road at 20th Street. The High Line will eventually be extended to Hell's Kitchen.