A couple of weeks ago, on a cloudy Sunday, we went to the High Line. It's been on my list of things to do in NYC since it opened last summer, but we never got around to it until just recently. The High Line is an old set of railroad tracks elevated 30 feet above the Meatpacking District. It closed to trains in 1980 and sat untended to for nearly 30 years. When it was restored, the developers left in place the train tracks and all of the wildflowers that had grown over the years. It was a really, nice serene walk that gives you a totally new perspective of New York.
Wildflowers
Train Tracks
The Standard Hotel straddles the High Line. There were reports that hotel visitors flash people walking the High Line from their hotel rooms :0
In the Diller-Von Furstenberg Sundeck (you can see IAC headquarters and DVF headquarters from the highline), we relaxed on the lounge chairs.
It would be so peaceful to sit there on a Sunday morning, drink your coffee and read the paper...if you didn't have a 1 1/2 year old. Instead, we sat for 15 minutes and then dealt with this.
After the High Line, we grabbed lunch at Chelsea Market and called it a day.
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