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好嘛，我来用中文更新一下：上周三和三个同为摄影爱好者的同事去参观纽约上周刚开放的high line park。high line是美国上世纪三十年代到七十年代的货车运输轨道。也就是“货车轻轨”。在被废弃以后，不像中国政府喜欢把废弃的东西拆掉造新的，人家就把废弃的东西重新利用其来，做了一条绿色走廊。走廊上有许多创意设计，比如可以观看整个曼哈顿西侧的观景台，比如把巨大躺椅装上铁路轮子然后可以放在废弃铁轨上滑…

Sorry I had to post in English again. I am sitting in my office (TGIF!!!), trying to prioritize my tasks and I decided my highest priority today  is to blog on this wonderful place that we visited this Wednesday.

 

 High Line is a 1.5-mile section of the former elevated freight railroad of the West Side Line, along the lower west side of Manhattan. It runs from 34th Street near the Javits Convention Center to Gansevoort Street in the Meat Packing District in the West Village.  In 2004, The NYC government commited $50 million to redevelop the abandoned train track into an elevated park. The park has three sections and one section is still under construction but the rest of the two sections have opened to the public last week! Several UBS co-workers/photography enthusiasts paid a vist the Wedesday and decided this is THE PLACE to go summer 2009.

 

Nothern Spur 

Entry to Nothern Spur

LED lights that help grass grows during night time.

      

I like the design of this, you have solar panel powering all the LED lights which photosynthesizes the grass during the night and a water fountain that recycles water back to the sewege system.

 

 Haha I love this shot, two of my collegues that went with me, Lindsay (The one ducking in the middle of the frame) was focusing on a vintage point shot of the rail and David, borrowed my tripod and was trying to shoot HDR with his home made shutter release.

We spent 3 hours shooting until the park closed down at 10 p.m. we merely finished half of the park. So we will definitely go again next Friday!