So Michael and I just tried to check out the famed Highline but it turned to be such a Disney nightmare we decided to just move on with our lives instead. Although there are stairs to it on EVERY block, these militant employees will only allow you to enter on Gansevoort (where they make you wait in line for no apparent reason) but only AFTER they make you wait in YET ANOTHER line to get a (get ready for this) WRISTBAND!!!! I have long been saddened by what has been done to one of the city's few remaining gritty neighborhoods (used to frequent Hell, Jackie 60 and the Lure back when), but I had hope that this park in the sky would bring some semblance of urban feeling back to what has become nothing but a horrible, high-end outdoor mall. Sadly, this doesn't appear to be the case.
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wot is highline
is not so famous that i know!
tiggges
Are you really surprised? I miss the skanky days of Chelsea. It wasn't that far away (less than 10) but feels like it was. And now, here I am on the UWS. Ugh.
Maybe to keep it from becoming drug dealer heaven, or too Cruise-y.
I had an okay experience: I was up early on sunday and was able to walk in and around the highline with no problem. It's new, it will calm down. give it some time.
I think the design is good because it has kept the grittiness of the original thing.
don't give up.
Go during the week. It's very charming actually.
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