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Published: November 1st 2017
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After a surprisingly restful night in our tiny, but very expensive, JFK hotel room, we took an Uber into Manhattan, and got dropped off at Schwartz Luggage Storage, the only place to leave luggage near Grand Central Station. The business is less than bare bones, and not the cleanest place in the world, but the employee was pleasant, and the prices reasonable...
From the storage place, we walked to Times Square, and then down to the entrance of the Highline. As it was a warm sunny Saturday the park was crowded, but still pleasant. There is a huge development going in next the entrance:
Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate development in the history of the United States and the largest development in New York City since Rockefeller Center. The site will include more than 18 million square feet of commercial and residential space, state-of-the-art office towers, more than 100 shops including New York’s first Neiman Marcus, and a collection of restaurants curated by Chef Thomas Keller. The urban development will include approximately 4,000 residences, The Shed, a new center for artistic invention, 14 acres of public open space, a 750-seat public school and a luxury hotel with more than 200 rooms. The Highline is a beautiful public space:
Owned by the City of New York, the High Line is a public park maintained, operated, and programmed by Friends of the High Line, in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.
A revolutionary public space and urban revitalization project, the High Line is an ambling plant-lined elevated parkway converted from a long-abandoned freight line snaking above the west side of Manhattan. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the 1.5-mile parkway, which sits 30 feet above street level, wraps around Hudson Yards, catalyzing exciting new development along its way. It has received more than $190 million in public and private funding to date and is one of the world’s most successful urban revitalization projects. We strolled the whole length of the park and back, and then walked back to get our bags, and dragged them to the lovely Grand Central Terminal, where we caught a train to Old Saybrook, Connecticut. We were picked up by my mom and step-dad, and after going out for dinner, we went to their home and fell into bed!
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