And just because some what can be seen on the High Line is not exactly beautiful, it is lovely in all the same. Look at those pink bricks, you know I love bricks, The High Line is a brick lover paradise. The weather was dismal the evening I took these, but look how amazing that flower is. I suppose they'd have been better photos with one of my usual dramatic sunsets, but I love these anyway.

Not all of what can be seen walking around on the High Line is beautiful, at one point of it you can look into the windows of tenement apartments. Close enough to see the magazines on the coffee table. A lot of money was spent on the High Line, but not enough to make the neighbors clean up. I love the mess in the top photo, it's so belligerent. Especially the old TV and the Statue of Liberty.

I'm back, what a relief, It's odd how important blogging has become for me. Anyway, here we are back on the High Line, with the lovely wildflower gardens and the sun starting to set on the buildings and rooftops to the east. I walked by it tonight and it was a mob scene.

Oops, tried to continue our High Line tour, but my phone and internet aren't working tonight. Luckily I live in Manhattan and there's an Apple Store opened until something ridiculous like midnight. So here I am reading my gmail and checking in with you. Hopefully this will be resolved tomorrow, I can't italicize this, much less play Spider Solitaire.

At 14th Street, the High Line passes through a building that is being massively renovated. For some reason, all the tarps are lavender and blue so it's a little like being inside a club or something. It even looks purple from the outside. It'll be interesting to see what this ends up like. I've noticed I've lost another follower, but I can't figure out who.

One of the things that makes the High Line so appealing is how you get to see familiar sights from a new perspective.

And while the view is more or less the same as looking out a third story window, you're outside with a wide open sky surrounded by beautiful wild flower gardens. The top shot is a block above the 10th Avenue viewing center, the bottom one is a block north of that.

Not my favorite photos, not crazy for the people walking around in the shot, but believe me, this is empty compared to the first time I was up here. The glassed in viewing center over 10th Avenue in the bottom picture is usually packed, and one can see why it's exciting. Taken at the same place, the top image facing south and the bottom north, this is midway on the half-mile bridge.