The High Line
Jul 6, 2017 00:34:30 #
Years ago there was an elevated freight line that ran along the West Side of Manhattan. Eventually they stopped using it; but the structure still remained. Some years ago a plan was hatched to turn it into an elevated walkway and green area. Today a dedicated core of volunteers maintains the plants and it has become a very popular attraction on the west side of Manhattan. It starts in Midtown with huge skyscrapers as a backdrop. As it continues south, the cityscape changes and the super tall buildings disappear. This area has become quite chick these days; but originally it was a very blue collar neighborhood. Here are some scenes from the High Line.
Erich
Erich
no. 1 Doing his homework?
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no. 2 From The High Line
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no. 3 Still some high rises; but you can see the change in the neighborhood
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West Side South of Midtown. (Tried to make it look old. )
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Jul 6, 2017 12:11:22 #
It sounds like a really good idea. I think what needs to be more emphasised in your shots is the walkway itself. Without that it just looks like a collection of random cityscape shots.
Jul 6, 2017 13:08:20 #
R.G. wrote:
It sounds like a really good idea. I think what needs to be more emphasised in your shots is the walkway itself. Without that it just looks like a collection of random cityscape shots.
I agree with you. I'm going to go back and see what I came up with. If there are any worth posting, I'll put them in this thread. The problem was that the walkway looks, well.....like a walkway. That does not make for a very compelling subject. I'll see what I have. Could be I'm overlooking some gems.
Erich
Jul 6, 2017 14:35:58 #
The composition and toning of the last makes it my favorite of the series. Terrific lines and textures.
R.G. makes a good point about how we don't know you're shooting from The High Line. Google Images show a lot of shots of the walkway, but they appear to have been taken from adjacent buildings (higher perspective). As a sense of place series, perhaps showing an entrance and exit view from your walk, maybe including some of the scene right beside you (planters and such + other walkers), would be effective.
R.G. makes a good point about how we don't know you're shooting from The High Line. Google Images show a lot of shots of the walkway, but they appear to have been taken from adjacent buildings (higher perspective). As a sense of place series, perhaps showing an entrance and exit view from your walk, maybe including some of the scene right beside you (planters and such + other walkers), would be effective.
Jul 6, 2017 16:50:30 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
The composition and toning of the last makes it my... (show quote)
Thank you for your comments. I would say that the most attractive quality of the High Line is not the High Line Itself; but instead the perspective that it gives you of the city about 15 feet above the street. But you point is well taken. I'm going to add some shots to this thread of the walkway. I took most of the photos away from the actual walkway because, as you can see in these, the midday sun was tough to deal with. Shooting down the side streets got me shooting into the shadows more. Evening or night would probably be spectacular. Maybe when I finish with my walkabout.
Erich
Building in middle background is Javits Center. High Line starts/ends between the clump of trees in middle.
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Hudson Yards section. Vegetation left the way it was after tracks closed but before High Line opened. Not a straight line in this section.
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Tuns and goes south. (I walked it North to South. Opposite is, of course, also an option.
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On Patrol. Today you have to have security everywhere. Shame.
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Jul 6, 2017 18:47:11 #
ebrunner wrote:
Thank you for your comments. I would say that the... (show quote)
Thanks for the additional photos. All are interesting and most definitely give the flavor of that specific location.
Jul 6, 2017 19:30:52 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Thanks for the additional photos. All are interesting and most definitely give the flavor of that specific location.
The middle of the day is no time to be taking photos out in the open. Before school starts, I'd love to go there in the late afternoon into evening. Like the series I posted about Philadelphia a few days ago, I think it would be magical.
Erich
Jul 6, 2017 22:00:12 #
Before I retired this January I could look out my office window everyday and see the High Line. Some days there seem to be more people walking the High Line than on the sidewalks
Jul 7, 2017 01:15:46 #
Frank2013
Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.
I'm going with R.G. but think each image could stand on it's own with out explanation Erich...good shots
Jul 7, 2017 06:34:44 #
Frank2013 wrote:
I'm going with R.G. but think each image could stand on it's own with out explanation Erich...good shots
I really enjoy walking around NYC with a camera. This is an attraction I had not visited. Thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed the shots.
Erich
Jul 7, 2017 07:49:09 #
#1 should be presented standing alone. If so we would be likely to become one with that boy focused in all the distraction. We would go back in time to our young days and how we could put our attention in the pages of a book or shape of a cloud in the sky.
Jul 7, 2017 08:19:17 #
These are nice cityscapes, and I agree that I don't see much of the walk. As for that last one, it does look old. 
Jul 7, 2017 09:22:30 #
dpullum wrote:
#1 should be presented standing alone. If so we would be likely to become one with that boy focused in all the distraction. We would go back in time to our young days and how we could put our attention in the pages of a book or shape of a cloud in the sky.
The concept is the same now as it was then. The book is electronic, and the clouds may be represented in hi-res TFT; but the idea is still the same.
Erich
Jul 7, 2017 09:25:04 #
jaymatt wrote:
These are nice cityscapes, and I agree that I don't see much of the walk. As for that last one, it does look old.
I posted some shots of the walk itself. I have to admit, thought, that was not really my objective for this walk. I was more interested in the different perspective the High Line affords compared to walking at street level. I will certainly be making a return trip an hope to see what it is like late afternoon into evening. I'm sure it will be fun.
erich
Jul 7, 2017 10:02:17 #
ebrunner wrote:
Years ago there was an elevated freight line that ... (show quote)
Erich,
#4 is my favorite! At first glance I was sure you had visited the N.Y.City Public Library and copied an image from its archive of images of "The City"
Excellent job of accurate "Antiquing"
Dave
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