The High Line

A sunny March Saturday with temperatures in the 60s led to a day in the city for lunch at Spice Market, book buying at Three Lives & Co, and then some post-lunch perambulating on The High Line.

The High Line was an elevated freight railroad built in the 1930s along 10th Avenue, nearly a century after street level trains had led to so many accidents it was known as Death Avenue.

Today it's an ingenious mix of  urban renewal, park planning and ecological raised bed gardens running north and south from Gansevoort Street to West 20th Street. 

Construction is now underway to extend The High Line park all the way up to West 34th Street, with an expected opening this June.  Here's a video preview tour.