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| The High Line |
Urban beach, as defined by Wikipedia (so it must be true): urban beach, or urbeach, a space that includes an
intellectually, artistically, or culturally sophisticated water feature that is
also an aquatic play area, and is located within a culturally or artistically
significant area of a city
At the High Line, there’s a section of the park with built-in wooden chaise lounges and benches called the Diller-Von Furstenberg Water Feature, that looks out to the Hudson River. For the summer, water seems to come out of the rocky earth itself and visitors can remove their shoes and take a barefoot stroll for several yards. As the park can be a sensory overload, it takes a while to pick up on all of the well-planned features that exist along this stretch of urban heaven.
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| Diller-Von Furstenberg Water Area |
At the High Line, there’s a section of the park with built-in wooden chaise lounges and benches called the Diller-Von Furstenberg Water Feature, that looks out to the Hudson River. For the summer, water seems to come out of the rocky earth itself and visitors can remove their shoes and take a barefoot stroll for several yards. As the park can be a sensory overload, it takes a while to pick up on all of the well-planned features that exist along this stretch of urban heaven.
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| View from the High Line looking up |
For all of the
people and things happening at the High Line, I was almost shocked at how
relaxed the native New Yorkers and tourists seemed to stroll through the park.
It was a true delight, and while not my first time there- I was just as
impressed. This makes a great day trip to the city dweller or the suburban
warrior. Bonne chance!
