New York City - delayed posts

I bought just a few of these

Sunday was our first full day in NYC and it was a stunningly beautiful day for a stroll. Since most strrets are crowded and fast-paced we left for the less-traveled paths. We visited the "Hell's Kitchen Flea Market" named for the neighborhood where it is located.

Once a bastion of poor and working-class Irish Americans, Hell's Kitchen's proximity to Midtown has changed it over the last three decades of the 20th century and into the new millennium. The 1969 edition of the City Planning Commission's Plan for New York City reported that development pressures related to its Midtown location were driving people of modest means from the area. Today, the area is gentrifying.
The rough-and-tumble days on the West Side figure prominently in Damon Runyon's stories and the childhood home of Marvel Comics' Daredevil. Various Manhattan ethnic conflicts formed the basis of the musical and film West Side Story. Being near to both Broadway theaters and Actors Studio training school the area has long been a home to actors learning and practicing their craft. (Wikipedia)




Not very far from the flea market is a relatively new addition to the city. It is the HIGH LINE.
The High Line is a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side. It is owned by the City of New York, and maintained and operated by Friends of the High Line. Founded in 1999 by community residents, Friends of the High Line fought for the High Line’s preservation and transformation at a time when the historic structure was under the threat of demolition. It is now the non-profit conservancy working with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to make sure the High Line is maintained as an extraordinary public space for all visitors to enjoy. http://www.thehighline.org/

 

Lots of plantings and benches and great people watching