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We Can Be Highline

Started by tomwatson · 11 months ago

Twenty years ago, a friend of mine pointed to the rusted and abandoned elevated railway bed in Chelsea, which I’d barely noticed before, and proclaimed: “There are a couple of real estate bigshots fighting for that - it’s gonna be valauble some day. ... Continue reading »

4 comments

  • blue girl

    2 years ago

    Hey! I've seen that High Line thingy! Saw a rather drunk party girl stumbling towards it on my last trip to NYC back in June.

    I like it over here. Very cozy. Great atmosphere.

    :)
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  • Tom Watson

    2 years ago

    Welcome Blue Girl - good to have ya. Pull up a chair by the fire, grab a pen, and here's your snifter of brandy....
    reply
  • Stephen L. McKay

    2 years ago

    As a New Yorker, I can't wait for the High Line fest, and I can't believe it won't become an annual event, and a venue for others.
    Isure hope so anyway!
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  • Tom Watson

    2 years ago

    Stephen, I hope you're right. Seems to me many of the big "fests" have become a bit stale and corporate - perhaps this has a chance to return a large-scale alternative taste to the city's cultural scene.
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