| By way of a change we took the train to the World Trade Centre (the other PATH Line). From there we walked to a raised walkway known as the Highline. |  |
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This is a former rail line running at a raised level along the back of the
warehouses looking out over the Hudson. This billboard along the way is
tiled and the car is about 2-3 times life size. |
| The warehouses have now
gone and modern buildings fill the space. The rail line used to bring fresh
produce into the city every day. |  |
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Being raised well above street level you have good views out over the city.
This building is the most prominent - the Empire State Building. |
| Space is really at a
premium. So cars are stacked in these car parks. A bit tedious if you want
to be first in and first out. |  |
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Not all the buildings are modern. This is a housing complex dating back to
the 1920s. |
| The rails are mostly gone
but the track bed has been colonised by nature. There were lots of (mostly)
tourists walking the Highline city parkway. |  |
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There are many artistic elements including sculptures. This is called Urban
Rattle and is made from recycled aluminium. This part of town is called
Chelsea. |
| An advert for a storage
company covering about six floors of the building. |  |
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A reminder that architecture does not have to be straight. |
| A lot of buildings have
units like this on the roof. I think they are water towers but they seem to
belong to a previous generation. |  |
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Paintings on the sides of buildings are often seen but they aren't usually
this vivid. |
| A very clever piece of
art, at one level it is just squiggles. It is about three storeys high.. |  |
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An ordinary-looking building until you notice the rounded corners which date
it to the 1930s. Note the water tower on the roof. |
| Another striking piece of
art covering the side of a six storey building. It was done by Brandon Many
Ribs from the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. |  |
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The clue is the satellite dishes on the roof. This is the NBC building. It
marks the end of the park some three miles from its beginning. |
| So here we can only look
north over the Hudson railway yards outside Penn Station where there is more
abandoned land. There are plans to extend the Highline parkway in the
future. |  |
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