NYC Day 4 - Central Park

I slept in this morning, so I was really refreshed~ After brunch, we took the subway to Central Park. The sun was shining and it was really warm and balmy outside. In the park, the grass was green and the trees were just starting to put forth green buds. Today is also St. Patrick's Day, so there were quite a lot of green-clad people who looked like they'd just come from the parade. Even dogs and babies were decked out in shamrock and beer mug accessories. We took a lot of nice pictures in the sun (I'm only uploading the ones on my phone, most of them are on Dad's camera), and saw all these people sitting on benches and grassy areas. I really enjoyed the atmosphere in the park; it was a really beautiful and peaceful bubble of green space.

NYC Day 4 - Sunny Afternoon

Before I knew it, it was already afternoon. We left the park and took the subway to 14th. I got totally dripped on by the leaky subway station ceilings, and then we actually missed our stop the first time around and had to double back one station :P At 14th, I found all these cute little figurines everywhere. I'm not sure what they're supposed to be, but they're about a foot tall and some of them are adorable while others are just plain...weird.

Once outside, we walked around that is called the Meatpacking District. There were many old, red brick, warehouse-looking buildings, kind of St Lawrence Market flavoured. What I really liked was the High Line, which is an old elevated freight train railroad that was turned into a public park. You can walk along the elevated tracks, now covered with cement walkways and grasses, shrubs, trees and wildflowers. The plants were inspired by what naturally grew on the tracks after they fell into disuse and were threatened by demolition.



People could sit on the benched built to look like they were rising smoothly out of the concrete underfoot. The building that rose around it were both modern and historical, complementing the wrought iron framework of the walkway itself. From some sections, you could even look out over the piers and see Lady Liberty in the distance. There were many people just hanging out and enjoying the sunshine, so that was a vrey relaxing and enjoyable walk for me.