On layoff from tour for this week (and the next 2) I am in NYC visiting John who is prepping his show for tour at the shop. I have had a lovely couple days and will be sad to leave tomorrow. Mostly because there's no John in Savannah right now. Not so much missing the city. Don't get me wrong, I love the electricity and the excitement and the immediacy, but the city makes me a hard person. I love to be there for about a month every year for rehearsal, but when that month is over, I am ready to go.
Yesterday was a windy day, but no rain till late. I took the opportunity to visit the High Line. For those of you who've never been, the High Line is a decommissioned elevated freight train line on the lower west side (Meatpacking District up to Chelsea) that has been allowed to go wild and has recently been turned into a park. Click here http://www.thehighline.org/ for the official website.
I accessed it from Gansevoort Street and walked up to 20th enjoying it immensely. It is well designed and is a nice haven from the chaos on the streets below. It feels rather tree house-ish. Here are a few pics. 
There are groundskeepers for it now, but the wildflowers were naturally occurring. I imagine that topsoil was brought in to help the process. The old railroad ties and rails are still there. There are large benches and chaise lounge type wooden chairs scattered along the rails too, some are on train wheels, though I doubt they roll anymore. Sorry, no pics of those.
This is the north end of it (for now, supposedly it will be 3x the length sometime...) and I enjoyed the juxtaposition of the sign.
I wasn't the only one enjoying the High Line yesterday. There were sunbathers (despite the chill), people on lunch break, tourists, and fashion folk. (It is Fashion Week after all and the Meatpacking District has become so trendy.) Anyway, I enjoyed my day.
There are groundskeepers for it now, but the wildflowers were naturally occurring. I imagine that topsoil was brought in to help the process. The old railroad ties and rails are still there. There are large benches and chaise lounge type wooden chairs scattered along the rails too, some are on train wheels, though I doubt they roll anymore. Sorry, no pics of those.This is the north end of it (for now, supposedly it will be 3x the length sometime...) and I enjoyed the juxtaposition of the sign.I wasn't the only one enjoying the High Line yesterday. There were sunbathers (despite the chill), people on lunch break, tourists, and fashion folk. (It is Fashion Week after all and the Meatpacking District has become so trendy.) Anyway, I enjoyed my day. Today is September 11. It is a windy and rainy day. Broken umbrellas lay scattered on the sidewalk like so many dead birds. Here and there a colorful one. A hard day, fitting weather for the remembrance.
