Saturday, June 20, 2009

The High Line

Went to the newly opened High Line which is a stretch of abandoned railroad track running from Gansevoort Street, in the Meatpacking District, to West 20th Street, in Chelsea, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, NY, NY.


Getting off the M11 I'm greeted by 3 little pigs, obviously locked out by the wolf.

There is the High Line cutting through a luxury building.

The entrance is under construction and the whole park is strictly monitored for overcrowding.

Beautiful day to stroll on deck, but the wind makes everything feel unstable.

Tracks and concrete with plants growing in between. The concept is to have the plants overtake and break the concrete over the next few years.

Across the park, only in New York City is four feet a park.

From the bench.

Rust colored plant.

Underneath the building the hangs over the park.

More tracks and plants.

Allegedly some of the original trees.

Merging old, new, organic, and manufactured.
Shhh, like Central Park the whole thing is artificial.

The amphitheater.

A people viewer, remember don't tap on the glass it makes them angry.

More merging of elements.

Nice park but too high and too windy. Oh yeah too small it took all of 5 minutes to slowly walk the entire park, twice. Hopefully the expansion will continue.
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Monday, June 8, 2009

Frogs Live

A quick stop at American Museum of Natural History to see the frogs before they turn to princes.

First stop the gift shop.

Skeletal stegosaurus $375.00.

Skeletal spinosaurus $550.00.

Sabertooh skull is $450.00.

Finished models are $98.00 each so I left with no souvenirs.

Golden Poison Frog with enough skin poison to kill 10 people.


They look like toys but they move, so maybe robots. Nature is wonderfully colorful.

No wonder they weren't turned into princes yet, poison.

Some leaf frog looking very alien.

Such great camouflage I can't tell if this is a ahead or backside shot.

Blue frogs just chillin' or heating up.


That is such a nice green, it would make such a nice coin purse.
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