Category: architecture
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High Line: Shadows and Silouhettes
This is part 6 and the end of the High Line: I ♥ NY series. Links to earlier posts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. As seen in photos posted earlier, the sunset was beautiful but it got completely dark by around 5:30 – 6pm. Some of the rooms of the Standard Hotel had their…
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High Line: Chelsea Market
This is Part 5 of High Line: I ♥ NY. Here are links to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. A segment of the High Line runs through the Chelsea Market complex which was a Nabisco factory (maker of Oreo cookies). At this point, the park is a space lit by purple-blue lighting, and…
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High Line: Dusk, You and Me
This is Part 4 of High Line: I ♥ NY – my series on the many reasons why we love NYC. Here are links to Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. We went to High Line on Boxing Day late afternoon. Entering the park from its south entrance on Gansevoort Street, we walked north to the end of Section…
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High Line: Style Details
This is Part 3 of 5 of High Line: I ♥ NY. Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2. I was looking forward to the opening of the High Line, and even recommended out-of-town friends to visit it. But somehow I managed not to go until last week. My punishment was that all the…
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High Line: Star Architecture
This is Part 2 of High Line: I ♥ NY. Yesterday’s post is here. Looking westward, the High Line offers direct view of Hudson River and New Jersey. The view is interrupted by a few old factory buildings to which the elevated railway was connected, and new office and residential buildings designed by star architects.…
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High Line: I ♥ NY
On Boxing day, IT and I went to the High Line. It was a good day to visit the park as the wintry weather was less prohibitive than Christmas eve, and even the sun came out. These B&W historic pictures are borrowed from the official web site of the High Line. The High Line is a…