The High Line

Some enterprising New York City folk converted an old elevated, and abandoned railroad track into a city park!  The High Line Park is now quite a tourist attraction.  "We walked the Line on Saturday."   Actually, I sat for a while, because we had done so much physically  (a 1000 steps to the Mets game, tennis, walking in the city, etc.). My feet and assorted other places were hurting.  As I sat, I could not help but notice that people were speaking every language from around the globe.  Several asked me for directions as I sat, and of course, I could not be helpful, as an out-of-towner myself.

I guess the story is that some folks noticed a lot of random plants growing there on the abandoned tracks, and decided it would be a good place for a green, developed, creatively designed walkway several stories above ground level.   The "park" which extends several city blocks,  has lovely flowers growing,  ornamental grasses,  occasional benches,  some reclining chairs,  some water features, etc.

It was a popular place, with crowds of people, and not much room to walk, some of the time.  But along the way, you could buy food of various sorts, from ice cream sandwiches to wine to tacos to hot dogs to frozen ices.









Tourists lounging in the sun on wooden benches.

Gerry is in the green shirt,  Viki in the red shirt.






It is indeed a unique place.   Of course, we see greenery all the time in upstate.   Perhaps part of the attraction making this such a popular tourist destination comes from the lack of gardens growing in the city.  

I do think that is changing.  I saw lots of trees growing in Manhattan, and some of them were on top of buildings!