I get my hair cut at Bumble & Bumble University. It's free, and they take, easily, 2 hours on my hair, so I am willing to put up with the somewhat draconian demands of the place (specifically, you can get your hair cut during the day on Monday. Or Wednesday.). Serendipitiously, the new High Line Park opened within a few weeks ago and an entrance is all of a half-block from B & B U. Since we're talking 10th Avenue and 13th Street, that's quite a coincidence. Anyway, after getting a haircut, I wandered over to the High Line with my new camera to see what it was like.
I liked it! It's an old elevated train track that's being slowly converted into a park. It will run all the way up the side of Manhattan to 34th street, eventually, although it's only to 20th street now. I love that they kept the train tracks in places.
I also love that the flowers are all wild flowers, such as might bloom naturally against abandoned tracks.
The added features, like the cement, um... boards?... are lovely too.
There are special nooks and crannies all along the way. I loved the wooden sunchairs, but didn't take any photos. However, this sort of theatre space got my imagination running -- site-specific theatre over 10th Avenue!!
This is a beautiful, exciting new space, and I was glad to be there to see it!
visited in July. loved the planting and biodiversity. great people watching.
Posted by: Edna Todd | August 08, 2009 at 06:36 PM