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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Highline, NYC

I walked the Highline three days in a row.   Such a lovely park and so New York.   If you're not familiar, the Highline is an elevated park  built on an abandoned railroad track from the Meatpacking District to  near Chelsea.   If you're interested you can read more. Partly I love it because it's so different from any park I've been to. Also it's been beautifully designed and thirdly, it was a grass roots project instigated by some people in the neighborhood.   I did this sketch on my  third walk. Because it was my birthday I felt justified to ask my companions to indulge me and wait while I sketched. As it happened there was plenty of people watching to be done.  The Highline been dubbed "The new Times Square" and if you judge by the numbers, that day 's visitors certainly rivaled it's predecessor. 

5 comments:

  1. Having been there, and walked the Highline, I must say your sketch is great!! You have really captured the essence of that unique park!

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  2. Happy Birthday! Great sketch and I think the earlier sketch of the Empire State was terrific. Thanks. Frank B.

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  3. Happy Birthday Jane! I like your sketch.

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  4. I love your sketch and the Highline too! Sounds like a great way to celebrate a birthday!

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