{"id":14364,"date":"2014-04-16T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=14364"},"modified":"2014-04-16T00:40:57","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T23:40:57","slug":"a-rainswept-stroll-along-the-high-line-public-park-manhattan-new-york-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-rainswept-stroll-along-the-high-line-public-park-manhattan-new-york-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"A rainswept stroll along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-00.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Running from\u00a0Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District right up to 30th Street, the High Line park follows the route of a\u00a0disused elevated freight railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-01.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The southernmost section opened as a city park on June 8, 2009, running from Gansevoort Street in the south to 20th Street, with a second section up to\u00a0<\/span>30th Street following in June 2011.<\/p>\n<p>There are plans to extend the walk north to a third and final section, which will run from from 30th to 34th Streets around the Rail Yards &#8211; read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighline.org\/about\/rail-yards\" target=\"_blank\">more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-02.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I first visited the High Line back on a gloriously sunny day in December 2010 and posted up an extensive two-part photo report, with loads of background information.<\/p>\n<p>Read it here: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/newyork\/high-line-manhattan-new-york.html\" target=\"_blank\">High Line, Lower Manhattan,\u00a0A new public park set on a disused railroad route in New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-03.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a selection of photos taken during my last visit, on a wet and cold afternoon in December 2013.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-04.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reconstructed tracks line part of the route.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-05.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The High Line runs under the\u00a0<a title=\"The Standard, High Line\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Standard,_High_Line\" target=\"_blank\">Standard Hotel<\/a>, an\u00a018-story luxury boutique hotel located at 848 Washington Street between West 13th and Little West 12th Streets. The \u00a0Le Corbusier-styled\u00a0building was completed in 2009 and contains 337 rooms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-06.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-07.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking across the rain soaked streets of the Meatpacking district, once the home of the city&#8217;s sex clubs and BDSM subculture, but now thoroughly neutered by the gentrification of the 1990s. [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meatpacking_District,_Manhattan\" target=\"_blank\">&#8212;<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-08.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-09.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-10.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-11.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The top of the Empire State building is lost under the rain clouds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-12.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking along the newer northern stretch of the High Line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-13.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-14.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grassed over section.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-15.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Old bonded warehouse.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-16.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Artwork on the route.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-17.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-18.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-19.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-20.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-21.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-22.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-23.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sculpture.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-24.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-25.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-26.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-27.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking over across the Hudson River to Hoboken.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-28.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s as far as the walk currently goes, with the rail yards in the distance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-29.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taking in the view.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-30.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I headed back downtown the way we came.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-31.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-32.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-33.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-34.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By 20th Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A walk along the High Line public park, Manhattan, New York, USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/high-line-walk-new-york-city-35.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More photos and info:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/newyork\/high-line-manhattan-new-york.html\">A walk along the High Line, part one<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/newyork\/high-line-manhattan-new-york-2.html\">A walk aong the High Line, part two<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High_Line_(New_York_City)\" target=\"_blank\">High Line Wikipedia<\/a>]<br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official site<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running from\u00a0Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District right up to 30th Street, the High Line park follows the route of a\u00a0disused elevated freight railroad spur on the west side of &hellip; 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