Tom McGee's Blog

Saturday LF, her bro and myself stumbled on an entrance to the new High Line park in Manhattan. We were amazed at how well thought-out every detail of it was. It’s really an amazing urban park.

The Local offers a nice story from a writer who was there at the same time, with a slide show. A lot of the photos are of the great views from the park, but the park itself is glorious too. Architectural elements echo railroad features like the shape of a siding or the placement of ties, the big chairs that roll on wheels along the rails, the native flowers and grasses along the edges and the way they blend into the walkway, even the LED lighting and the beautiful typography of the signage.

LF probably got a little tired of me complaining that I’d left my camera at home. The best I’ve got is this photo of the outdoor entertainment at The Standard. Cookie Monster is playing the xylophone.

It’s an easy walk from Penn Station to get on the entrance at 20th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues. If you’re anything like us, you’ll go up thinking you’ll walk a block or two and then go back down to street level — but you won’t and you’ll end up at the southern terminus at Gansevoort Street wishing for more.