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High on the High Line ~ Article by Marlene Nadle |
| WAVE Journey |
| Women's Adventures, Vacations & Experiences ~ Your Journey Starts Here! |
A Woman's Directory For Travel and Life.
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if you are interested in finding businesses or services that cater to women, WAVE Journey is your
number one online resource.
WAVE Journey is your one-stop online resource for women-oriented businesses and
services around the world.
WAVE Journey is for every woman to enjoy. If you love to travel, cook, read or revel in outdoor
activities this website is for you. If you are looking to connect with other like-minded women or
if you are interested in finding businesses or services that cater to women, WAVE Journey is your
number one online resource.
There is a garden in the sky.
Manhattan 's urban oddity curves below third story
windows bringing daisies and delight to window
watchers and the visitors from around the world who
stroll its mile and a half of plant way. It winds past the
Hudson River on the elevated railroad tracks of trains
that once carried meat from the West to the butchers in
the meat packing district.
Manhattan 's urban oddity curves below third story
windows bringing daisies and delight to window
watchers and the visitors from around the world who
stroll its mile and a half of plant way. It winds past the
Hudson River on the elevated railroad tracks of trains
that once carried meat from the West to the butchers in
the meat packing district.
More than two million people have
visited the High Line since it
opened in 2009. Locals and
travelers from around the world
seem attracted to the calm, the
slowed-down time found thirty feet
up and so rare in the speedy city.
visited the High Line since it
opened in 2009. Locals and
travelers from around the world
seem attracted to the calm, the
slowed-down time found thirty feet
up and so rare in the speedy city.
This public space is a Zen boardwalk full of exquisite details of design
and nature. Unlike most parks, noisy dogs and whizzing bicycles are not
permitted.
It seems to change the people who come to it from the frazzled to
the contemplative. Purposeful actions are postponed, and visitors seem
content to merely meander. It is like slipping into other cultures,
Japanese in its love of beauty and Mediterranean in its understanding of
the need for a nightly walk about. As in Spain or Italy, a favorite time
for the promenade is twilight. It brings with it the gift of sunset on the
Hudson, the orange streaks of sky fading to deep purple as the lights
come up on buildings on the river's far shore.
and nature. Unlike most parks, noisy dogs and whizzing bicycles are not
permitted.
It seems to change the people who come to it from the frazzled to
the contemplative. Purposeful actions are postponed, and visitors seem
content to merely meander. It is like slipping into other cultures,
Japanese in its love of beauty and Mediterranean in its understanding of
the need for a nightly walk about. As in Spain or Italy, a favorite time
for the promenade is twilight. It brings with it the gift of sunset on the
Hudson, the orange streaks of sky fading to deep purple as the lights
come up on buildings on the river's far shore.
Daytime on the High Line is also
full of people taking pleasure.
Only they are more likely to
pause. One of the favorite
stopping spots is the sun deck
on the stretch near 14th Street.
The chaise lounges of pale ipe
wood are where people retire
to read and sunbathe.
Another dallying point is the
Sunken Overlook with rows of
amphitheater seats and
tree-scattered space that
functions as a plaza.
full of people taking pleasure.
Only they are more likely to
pause. One of the favorite
stopping spots is the sun deck
on the stretch near 14th Street.
The chaise lounges of pale ipe
wood are where people retire
to read and sunbathe.
Another dallying point is the
Sunken Overlook with rows of
amphitheater seats and
tree-scattered space that
functions as a plaza.
It is the centerpiece of the part of the High Line called Tenth Avenue
Square and is often used for performances of music or dance.
Square and is often used for performances of music or dance.
All of this was made out of a trestle for trains carrying pork chops.
The old elevated railroad was first built in 1930. It was raised high to get
the dangerous freight trains off the streets. They kept killing people
despite the man on horseback who rode in front of the engine waving red
warning flags. After 1980 the trains stopped running, the steel structure
became the playground of truants and graffiti artists. It was only in 1999
that a group of neighborhood visionaries began to imagine a public park.
They formed a group called Friends of the High Line and managed to
persuade the City to support their dream.
The old elevated railroad was first built in 1930. It was raised high to get
the dangerous freight trains off the streets. They kept killing people
despite the man on horseback who rode in front of the engine waving red
warning flags. After 1980 the trains stopped running, the steel structure
became the playground of truants and graffiti artists. It was only in 1999
that a group of neighborhood visionaries began to imagine a public park.
They formed a group called Friends of the High Line and managed to
persuade the City to support their dream.
There are other miniature
amphitheaters scattered along
the path that runs up to W.
20th Street now and will reach
30th Street by 2011. Sometimes
these seats are used for smaller
performances. More often they
become a place to savor one of
the picnic baskets done up by
the gourmet food shops in the
Chelsea Market below on 10th
Avenue. They become the
waiting ground for birthday
cakes with frosting in the
saffron and blues of a Van Gogh
painting.
amphitheaters scattered along
the path that runs up to W.
20th Street now and will reach
30th Street by 2011. Sometimes
these seats are used for smaller
performances. More often they
become a place to savor one of
the picnic baskets done up by
the gourmet food shops in the
Chelsea Market below on 10th
Avenue. They become the
waiting ground for birthday
cakes with frosting in the
saffron and blues of a Van Gogh
painting.
There are visual links between the High Line's two lives. The design
elements in the benches and in the concrete pathways are done in strips
that resemble railroad ties. Some of the original steel rails are left exactly
where they were to be filled with flowers or relocated to form new
planting beds in varied patterns. The meticulous planning was done by an
80 man design team lead by James Corner and the architects Diller,
Scofidio, & Renfro.
There are nature links as well. Forty percent of the 210 species of
vegetation used is of the same variety that once grew wild along the
tracks during the High Line's freight and derelict days. Those original
seeds were once brought by wind and birds, and are now resown by the
careful choice of Dutch master horticulturist Piet Oudolf. To retain the
way-nature-once-made- it appearance, he has some of the concrete planks
of the pathway tapered at the end to allow plants to push up as they once
did in the track beds.
elements in the benches and in the concrete pathways are done in strips
that resemble railroad ties. Some of the original steel rails are left exactly
where they were to be filled with flowers or relocated to form new
planting beds in varied patterns. The meticulous planning was done by an
80 man design team lead by James Corner and the architects Diller,
Scofidio, & Renfro.
There are nature links as well. Forty percent of the 210 species of
vegetation used is of the same variety that once grew wild along the
tracks during the High Line's freight and derelict days. Those original
seeds were once brought by wind and birds, and are now resown by the
careful choice of Dutch master horticulturist Piet Oudolf. To retain the
way-nature-once-made- it appearance, he has some of the concrete planks
of the pathway tapered at the end to allow plants to push up as they once
did in the track beds.
