My 5 minutes in the sun
As a disclaimer: These photos were taken during a visit in April 2024, so this post may not be representative of these sites today.
It was a gloriously sunny day when we decided that whatever plans we already had had to be chucked (can’t even remember what they were at this point, but knowing me, they likely involved the indoors and air-conditioned museum halls) — we needed to be outside. I’d wanted to see the High Line park for a while, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to do so and bask in the abundant sunshine the day offered.
What started as an abandoned section of the West Side Line of the New York Central Railroad, and was nearly demolished in the late 20th century, eventually became this uniquely gorgeous park, which covers a length of 2.33 KM (1.45 mi) of viaduct.
The project was originally proposed by the Friends of the High Line, a nonprofit organization created by Joshua David and Robert Hammond in 1999. Execution of the project began in 2006, with landscape architecture by Field Operations, architecture by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, garden design by Piet Oudolr, lighting design by L’Observatoire International, and engineering design by Buro Happold and Robert Silman Associates.
The park opened in phases, the first in 2009, when its southernmost section first opened. The rest of the park sections opened to the public first in 2011 and then in 2014.
Gold Colored Fox 