High Line Park and Chelsea--Monday, June 13, 2011

We decided to check out the High Line Park today.  It is located in Chelsea, which is on the west side of Manhattan.  We decided to get off the subway near Madison Square Park and walk about 6 blocks to the park.  When we climbed up the stairs from the subway, I saw this building.  I don't know the name of it, but I know I've seen it in movies so I decided to take a picture.

A building I recognized from movies, but I don't know the name of.

Here is another building that I recognized near Madison Square Park, but I didn't know the name of.

High Line Park is an old rail line that was scheduled to be demolished and someone had the brilliant idea to turn it into a park.  It is super cool because it is about two stories up so you have a great view.  It isn't the best place to take children because it is more of a walking park or somewhere to sit and eat lunch, drink coffee or read a book.  Parts of the park are super narrow and other parts are wider.  It is a mix of old, classic buildings in the background and new, glass modern buildings.  The park also kept the theme of old and new--I loved the contrast! Here are some pictures:

I don't know if you can see it well in this picture, but you can see the Statue of Liberty in the distance.

I zoomed in a little and it might be easier for you to see the Statue of Liberty.  

This was taken near the most northern part of the park and shows where the third , and final, portion of the park will be .  It isn't easy to see in this picture, but it is overgrown plants and you can see the old railroad tracks.

When we left the park, we walked a couple blocks down toward the Chelsea Piers--I think we were in the Hudson River Park.  It was a beautiful day: not too hot and not too cold.  I hurt my hip running a while back so I've had to be more cautious at the gym.  I thought it was getting better (so I pushed myself at the gym), but it started aching again today when we were walking down by the Hudson River so we had to cut our walk a bit short.

A picture of the Hudson River with New Jersey in the background (and a guy playing the tuba in the foreground).

I read about a restaurant called The Frying Pan, which is located on an old light boat that sank and sat at the bottom of the Chesapeak Bay for three years.  The owners bought it, fixed it and decided to sail it to New York and turn it into a bar and grill.  The food was okay, but the atmosphere was great.  The outside of the ship has been restored, but the inside isn't and still has the sunken ship feel (or so I'd guess as I've never been in a sunken ship before).  Here is a picture is from the second level looking down on the bar and kitchen, which are under the oval awnings.

 A picture is from the second level looking down on the bar and kitchen, which are under the oval awnings.  

Another picture from the second level looking toward the Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex.  You can see part of the John J. Harvey fire boat in the foreground.

We had to run a few errands at Union Square (Farley's favorite place in New York City) and then we headed home early.  We had another great day off and hopefully we will have another great study week.