Yesterday I made my first visit to the High Line, a park built on the former site of an elevated New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan. The once-dilapidated structure has been developed into a beautiful and well-maintained greenway. I walked south from the Hudson Yards in the West 30s through Chelsea to the Meatpacking District. After the High Line, I headed over to Little Island, part of the Hudson River Park.
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| Stairs on West 30th Street |
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| A paved walkway over the refurbished rails |
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| Vessel, Hudson Yards |
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| Edge |
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| Old Tree, 2023 Pamela Rosenkranz |
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| Old Tree, 2023 Pamela Rosenkranz |
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| This section gives an idea of how the overgrown rail trail formerly looked. |
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| The Wind Blows Where it Wishes, 2023 Gabriel Chaile |
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| The Wind Blows Where it Wishes, 2023 Gabriel Chaile |
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| Urban Rattle, installed 2012 Charlie Hewitt |
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| West 15th Street, looking east, toward the home of the Chelsea Market |
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| West 14th Street, looking east |
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| Leaving the High Line |
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| The steel arch is the last remnant of Pier 54 |
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| Little Island at Pier 55 |
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| The Amph |
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| View of the Empire State Building |
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| The Whitney Museum of American Art |
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| The Statue of Liberty |
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| One World Trade Center is the home of Condé Nast Publications including The New Yorker, among its many tenants. |
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