Showing posts with label subway. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Our 2013 American Trip: The NYC High Line


Guess what, Folks.  We're at the end of our October trip to America, leaving you with the High Line of New York City as we wave good-bye to a fabulous vacation.  Just in time for the holidays!

It so happens this was at the end of our Columbia University day and the visit to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (last post).  So, as you'd guess, this was late afternoon - early evening on our last full day in NYC.

Because it was approximately 8km south from the cathedral to the High Line,
we took the subway.  How convenient!
(Astrid took the bottom-center pic of the lady in purple!)

And now we're talking about a one-mile walk along the former elevated 
New York Central Railroad spur, where two of three phases are completed.

Talk about someone with vision for a run-down section of the city!
Talk about transformation! People from all over the world come to see it and walk it!

It's like a park in the sky....

...full of art and leisure and rest against new architectural wonders springing up everywhere.
It's breathing new investment-life into the city.

Look what you get to see while you take your walk!


On all sides, you look below or across to what's there,
some almost at arm's reach.

 Wouldn't you be inspired to paint there?

And once back down on terra firma, world-famous icons are everywhere.
How can you not love New York City!

Many thanks to Robin who made all this possible for us.
We'd go back in a New-York minute!

Monday, November 25, 2013

Our 2013 American Trip: Brooklyn Bridge, NYC


Back to NYC again from when we visited Robin at the beginning of October!  I already showed you our day in Central Park.  The next day, Monday, October 7, we walked the Brooklyn Bridge...something Astrid had already done in 2008, but a first for me.

Of course, we had to get there and so saw a lot beforehand.
It's not just the destination, you know!

Once we saw the Brooklyn Bridge sign, we could almost taste it.

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of America's oldest suspension bridges, completed in 1883.
It spans the East River, connecting the buroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The upper level is for pedestrians/bikers only.

Talk about a photo-op!
Everyone wants to get in on the action.

It was so blustery, with some mist, we almost blew off the bridge.

Even Lady Liberty hung on for dear life, at the beginning of the government shutdown.
And don't forget the Jehovah's Witnesses and their Watchtower...an iconic sign for NYC.

But I especially loved the Manhattan Bridge on the other side, open since 1909.

See how close the two bridges are!  They could easily hold hands.
(image by David Shankbone)

And guess what!  Yes!

Enough love padlocks to sink a ship.
But not nearly as many as on the bridge in Köln when we saw them in March!

Once we crossed the bridge and were now in Brooklyn, we discovered we were in DUMBO:
Down Under the Manhatthan Bridge Overpass.
At ground level we could look up to both bridges.

Robin knew we'd want to see Jane's Carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park,
 even though it wasn't open.
We were even privy to a wedding photo-op nearby.

As we walked to where we'd eat lunch, we had another photo-op of art-slash-graffiti.

Who says this isn't art...or that it's boring (top-right).

In fact, there is art of some sort everywhere you look in NYC!

Even where we ate lunch, I was more interested in the photo-op
than what we ate...apparently!

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Fully replenished from lunch, we headed to the NY Public Library...

...taking the subway from Brooklyn back to Manhattan.

The New York Public Library is America's second largest, behind the Library of Congress,
and the third largest in the world.

Once again, Robin knew exactly what we'd want to see!
Totally worth the time it took on our way home.

Impressions.  Impressions.  Impressions.
Oh, and did I mention George Gershwin used to live in the same building as Robin?

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