Fall on the High Line NYC 2

After a stupendous fall, NYC’s temps went below freezing last night so our flowers and leaves will not be with us much longer. 

Seems like a good time to post some more pics of fall on the High Line. 

One of the interesting things they have decided to do is to let the lawn go natural. 

Instead of trying to keep it grass, which would require the use of fertilizers,

they have let the “weeds” grow and the area has filled up with dandelions and clover. 

What a great idea. 

And environmentally correct too. 

But I think most of the people walking on the High Line this fall barely noticed the lawn since they were too busy enjoying the trees. 

And the occasional glimpse of the Statue of Liberty. 

Or just hanging out on the benches. 😉

Here’s a link to the previous blog…

https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2022/11/fall-on-high-line-nyc.html

 

And since the links may have not been working last week here are those again. (You can also just click on the link at the bottom of this blog that says - Label: High Line - then just those blogs will come up.)

 

These blogs are 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.html

 

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

 

© 2022 PJ Lehrer

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

© 2022 PJ Lehrer

Fall High Line 2

I took so many lovely photos of the High Line last fall 

that I thought I would post a second round. 

I haven't been down there lately

but I did see a sweet apartment listed in the paper recently with a 25 yard pool on the roof. 

It would almost be worth moving there if I could afford it. 

But it really is pretty far from everything. 

I ran into a couple of tourists on the cross town bus the other day

and they had decided to take the bus there from the Upper East Side.

 I'm sure it took at least an hour and a half.

Traffic in the city has gotten much worse ever since they started to put in all the bike lanes.  (That's The Whitney Museum in the background.)

Here are some other High Line blogs...

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

http://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2012/09/high-line-part-2.html

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

Cheers!

PJ

(c) 2016 PJ Lehrer