Have you ever walked along abandoned railroad tracks? There's something about the weeds, the fields around you, the sense of destiny.
How wonderful that a lot of rich NYC residents poured money into a new park that took the brownfield-ish strip of abandoned elevated tracks to an innovation of delight. With its wildflowers and prairie grasses, you can walk along it while looking down on the meatpacking district just 3 floors below. The sidewalk even runs through an old brick commercial building.
Read the NYTimes piece here. See the slideshow here. The High Line's home page is here. Maybe you can make it to their opening benefit event Monday, June 15: It's only $1,000 a ticket.
2 comments:
Oh! That is just beautiful! A little bit of countryside in the big city. Isn't it amazing that more and more sights like this are cropping up in cities along with the veggie gardens that are taking over abandoned city lots! I think people are just sick of looking at "ugly" and want see more of "beautiful".
Thanks for taking me there, Ruthie!
p.s. I think we should both buy tickets! haha
Yes, we should go, Susie - right!
The article talked about how this hasn't seen tourists much yet. I imagine it would be a draw.
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