Fall on the High Line NYC

It’s been a while since I visited the High Line to check out its progress.

So I put it on the list for this fall. Lots has changed since my last fall visit in 2015.

The trees which are at most 16 years old are huge now. (And actually the tallest trees are in the middle section which opened in 2011.)

Oh, and did I mention most are growing in just a few inches of soil?

It is truly hard to comprehend.

But then again, the reason that the High Line exists is that nature took it over long before humans thought of the idea.

Needless to say, I was sure the views in the park would be magnificent.

And, they were.

Of course, it was very crowded.

On my first visit everyone seemed to be speaking French. On the second one it was German and Italian. Clearly the tourists had been tipped off. No surprise there.

Here are the blogs about the building of the High Line. If you look closely, you can see how much larger the plants are now.

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2012/09/high-line-part-1.html

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2012/09/high-line-part-2.htm 

Here are some pics from Fall 2015.  Again, you can see the difference seven more years made.

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2015/11/fall-high-line.html 

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2016/11/fall-high-line-2.html

Cheers!
PJ

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