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The High Line #newyorkadventure #travel

October 30, 2015 by admin

This is the first in a series of posts I’ll be writing about our New York City adventures. Enjoy!

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IMG_3837We’re happily ensconced in the East Village of Manhattan, where we will spend the next five months. Tomkins Square Park is 50 yards west of our apartment, and community gardens abound. Tree-lined streets soften this part of the city, marrying nature with the crowded civilization that comprises New York.

We are taking daily walks, exploring parts of the city we haven’t before, despite visiting our daughter here for the past nine years.

On a perfect Sunday afternoon, we ventured out of the neighborhood and to the High Line. We’ve walked it before, but a new section has opened since our last visit, so we checked it out.

The tracks remain as plants grow among them.
The tracks remain as plants grow among them.

The High Line was once a train line and now is an elevated park with a walking path. When the train tracks went into disuse, plants seeded themselves. While work has been done to tame the plantings, they include a number of hardy native species. On this visit, I enjoyed the asters in particular, which are blooming profusely. I grow asters in one of my blueberry beds in Washington State as a companion plant, and I find the purple flowers irresistible.

An outdoor restaurant graces the 14th Street entrance, and there’s also a place to get drinks while on your walk. The train tracks remain as part of the decor and fit in nicely with other art scattered throughout. Of course, nothing makes a New York City park more complete than the New Yorkers themselves, dressed in everything from blue jeans to full-length gowns. A group of monks (or at least they were dressed like monks) wandered the High Line to beg, and we saw more than one bride and groom having photos taken. If you want to “people watch,” head to the High Line!

Nadine Galinsky Feldman is the author of The Foreign Language of Friends, When a Grandchild Dies: What to Do, What to Say, How to Cope, and the upcoming What She Knew.

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gwynnrogers
gwynnrogers
7 years ago

I’m enjoying learning more about New York City. I feel like I’m walking with you. I love the view… very interesting. Thanks!

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admin
7 years ago
Reply to  gwynnrogers

Thanks, Gwynn! More to come. I am so excited to be able to do this, and sharing the journey with my friends makes it even better.

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Liz A.
Liz A.
7 years ago

Now that would be an interesting walk.

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admin
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admin
7 years ago
Reply to  Liz A.

It’s a lot of fun. I could go back frequently just for the people watching possibilities.

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Anabel Marsh
Anabel Marsh
7 years ago

We last visited New York in 2008 and I don’t think this was open yet – if it was, we didn’t know about it – but I’ve read about it often since and it’s definitely on the list for next time. Whenever that is – too many places! Looks great.

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admin
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admin
7 years ago
Reply to  Anabel Marsh

I don’t think it was open back then, either. Our first visit to it was just a few years ago (though 2008 seems like yesterday!).

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Anabel Marsh
Anabel Marsh
7 years ago
Reply to  admin

It does!

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