Tag: New York

Destinations, New York

New York City Sights: A Highline Sanctuary in the Urban Jungle

Starting in the Meatpacking District and running almost entirely parallel to the Hudson River into Midtown is the New York City Highline, which, as I discovered last week during NYC’s Climate Week, is much more than a walkway with foliage. The Highline is a former train track for the New York Central Railroad that was just recently repurposed as a linear park.

As world leaders descended upon the city and rallies reverberated through finance districts and central Manhattan for Climate Week NYC 2014, I visited the city’s newest and most popular repurposed park to see how NYC can be green. Continue reading “New York City Sights: A Highline Sanctuary in the Urban Jungle” →

Destinations, New York

New York City Sights: Battery Park City

New York City is absolutely impossible to “do” in a weekend. However, with some research beforehand (like visiting my blog, you savvy internetter you) and knowing what kind of NYC experience you want, you can tailor your time for an amazing weekend in the city that never sleeps.

The Battery Park City waterfront offers views like this.

This is the first post of my New York City Sights weekend series. First stop: the summer meets skyline delight, Battery Park City. Battery is located on the west side of Lower Manhattan, right on the waterfront, with a direct view of the Statue of Liberty. Along the waterfront there are walkways, park benches, dining options including a beer garden, dockings for boat tours of NYC, and an events area with extensive grassy areas, perfect for picnics or a lazy day outdoors with a view. The Consulate of Sweden in New York, for example, hosted their 2014 Swedish Midsummer celebrations in Battery Park City, with the very traditional festivities and midsommarstång or maypole contrasting with the skyline behind it. Continue reading “New York City Sights: Battery Park City” →