JohnAKeith
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Here are some photos from New York City's High Line. I'm putting them up on the RKG thread so we can make comparisons.
One tip I can share with you about the High Line. At one end at street level (Gansevoort Street) there is a big blue post office mailbox. If you think it's a good idea to try to get up on the mailbox in order to get a better view of the fireworks, think again. Or, at least think about doing it before drinking 17 beers. Also, after falling over backward the first time you try, consider your luck bad before attempting to do THE EXACT SAME THING A SECOND TIME.
Here's the mailbox in question. See how kind and friendly it looks during the day. Not so, at night. At night it grows tentacles and puts a mind spell on you that makes you think you can get right up on it.
As of now, the High Line is open from 20th Street down to the streets between 13th and 12th (the Meatpacking District). Eventually, it will go north from 20th Street up to 34th Street.
There was a good number of people looking around. Many seemed to be tourists who somehow had heard about it. (It was a Monday, so it makes sense that there were few natives, although there were people eating lunch.)
There is some great fauna (I don't know what fauna is, actually). And the wood planking is nice. There is also some public art. And, there are plenty of benches.
It was designed quite nicely, it seems. There is an elevator (more to come) for those who need it.
^^^ Above, the observation deck where you can watch cars go down 10th Avenue. (Wait, you are wondering why you'd want to watch cars go down 10th Avenue? Don't be sour grapes.)
^^^ This is an awesome area; there are two sets of train tracks that go off into that building ... where did they go, where did they come from?? The areas of the High Line where the plants are located are off-limits to people.
^^^ Okay, guess which two of the three rules people were already breaking? I mean, really, don't ruin it for everyone, a-holes.
^^^ Awesome, huh??
Below are a couple extra photos, just for fun. They're off-topic. Still from NYC, just not from the same location. Or, planet, for that matter.
^^^ This shop sold sausage, ham, and bacon. Also, Canadian bacon.
^^^ Best business idea of 2009 - a piece of chicken for $1. You can get a wing, you can get a breast, you can get a chicken finger. One dollar, each. Including tax!
^^^ A man / woman wearing a pig hat.
More information, official website: http://thehighline.org
More information, a New York magazine review of the architecture: http://nymag.com/arts/architecture/features/57176/
One tip I can share with you about the High Line. At one end at street level (Gansevoort Street) there is a big blue post office mailbox. If you think it's a good idea to try to get up on the mailbox in order to get a better view of the fireworks, think again. Or, at least think about doing it before drinking 17 beers. Also, after falling over backward the first time you try, consider your luck bad before attempting to do THE EXACT SAME THING A SECOND TIME.
Here's the mailbox in question. See how kind and friendly it looks during the day. Not so, at night. At night it grows tentacles and puts a mind spell on you that makes you think you can get right up on it.
As of now, the High Line is open from 20th Street down to the streets between 13th and 12th (the Meatpacking District). Eventually, it will go north from 20th Street up to 34th Street.
There was a good number of people looking around. Many seemed to be tourists who somehow had heard about it. (It was a Monday, so it makes sense that there were few natives, although there were people eating lunch.)
There is some great fauna (I don't know what fauna is, actually). And the wood planking is nice. There is also some public art. And, there are plenty of benches.
It was designed quite nicely, it seems. There is an elevator (more to come) for those who need it.
^^^ Above, the observation deck where you can watch cars go down 10th Avenue. (Wait, you are wondering why you'd want to watch cars go down 10th Avenue? Don't be sour grapes.)
^^^ This is an awesome area; there are two sets of train tracks that go off into that building ... where did they go, where did they come from?? The areas of the High Line where the plants are located are off-limits to people.
^^^ Okay, guess which two of the three rules people were already breaking? I mean, really, don't ruin it for everyone, a-holes.
^^^ Awesome, huh??
Below are a couple extra photos, just for fun. They're off-topic. Still from NYC, just not from the same location. Or, planet, for that matter.
^^^ This shop sold sausage, ham, and bacon. Also, Canadian bacon.
^^^ Best business idea of 2009 - a piece of chicken for $1. You can get a wing, you can get a breast, you can get a chicken finger. One dollar, each. Including tax!
^^^ A man / woman wearing a pig hat.
More information, official website: http://thehighline.org
More information, a New York magazine review of the architecture: http://nymag.com/arts/architecture/features/57176/
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