James and I both got a good night's sleep and although we woke early due to still being partly in British time, it wasn't unfeasibly early. It was a beautiful warm morning in New York so we decided to walk the High Line before our planned brunch at the Rockefeller Centre.
Ally and Cat had recommended the High Line as a good city walk. I had never heard of it - the first part of it opened in 2006 so it wasn't open the last time that we were in New York in 2001. It really is delightful! It's an aerial, linear park built in Lower West Manhattan on an elevated section of a disused New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line. It's only a couple of miles long and one end of it is very near our hotel at 34th Street so we started there, at the newest bit at Hudsons Yards. Although it is quite narrow there is lots to see and of course there are amazing views of the river and then the city. It runs more or less north - south although it winds about a bit. You can still see the tracks where the trains used to run. There are lots of plants so it's a green space as well, and there are sculptures. There are plenty of benches where you can relax in the sunshine with a cup of coffee, which we did. I loved the whole concept and it was nice to see lots of people enjoying it.
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