scopOphilic_micromessaging_935 - scopOphilic1997 presents a new micro-messaging series: small, subtle, and often unintentional messages we send and receive verbally and non-verbally.
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Zaha Hadid Building - High Line, New York City by Andreas Komodromos
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Underfoot, along the Highline
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Tourist Town
On October 6, we took our visiting Portland friends to the Highline, which managed to be horribly crowded despite rain.
I couldn't help telling wistful stories of "urban exploration." I remember what the Highline was like before. A magical secret garden. Such a privilege to see it in those days. I expect they'll put a tourist walkway through the freedom tunnel soon enough.
Exploring isn't dead, though. But going from a busy city street to a meadow riotous with wildflowers? Nothing like that exists now.
It's nice when people visit since you end up explaining things that are remarkable... that have come to seem normal to you. Our guests asked where all the soil came from and I explained how slowly over time trash, seeds, leaves, collected on the elevated tracks. The plants grew and died. The trash composted, more and more species arrived on the air. Rats, roaches, mice, pigeons left their waste and their bodies behind, and soon there was soil for more substantial plants and even trees.
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The High Line
The High Line is another wonderful Hudson Yards attraction that is absolutely free for visitors. Spanning from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District all the way up to 34th Street at Hudson Yards, this Hudson Yards attraction offers a pedestrian-only elevated experience of the lower west side through exclusively native greenery and expertly designed pathways.
The park opened in 2009 after a long battle to save it from demolition when it was only an abandoned elevated train rail—a remnant of the old subway system. Along the way you can find outdoor art installations, food and beverage cart options, lounge and bench seating, and more.
Keep an eye out for parts the park designers deliberately kept to remind visitors of what the Highline once was, like train tracks, stop lights, and a large archway meant to accommodate train passage!
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Salesforce Park. Park on rooftop high line.
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I grew up fast and wild,
And I never felt right,
In a garden so different from me.
I just never belonged,
I just longed to be gone,
So the garden one day set me free.
--Dolly Parton, Linda Rondstadt, Emmylou Harris, “Wildflowers”
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Sunset -- and New Jersey -- reflected in west-facing windows in Chelsea, c2014
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On the Highline in West Village, New York City by Andreas Komodromos
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3.13.23 Lunchtime drawing: Blooming tree on the High Line, light rain, almost Spring.
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