This walk encompasses the new Whitney Museum of American Art and the High Line. The museum sits at the south end of the High Line in the Meatpacking District on the western side of Manhattan, affording views of the Hudson River. Just to the north, the Chelsea Gallery District straddles the High Line, so the elevated park affords convenient access to tangential art strolls. The north end of the tracks, self-seeding and intentionally bereft of plant cultivation, winds west to the river and then over to the vast urban redevelopment project known as Hudson Yards and to the Javits Convention Center. At some point in the decade (or next), the construction projects will conclude, and it will be possible to walk directly from the old rail line straight into Neiman Marcus without changing pace or elevation. That's New York for you. (Or, Dallas.) On good weather weekends, the High Line is a crowd scene. It's not for loners seeking to meander along the railroad tracks. On a rece
A strolling guide to New York City by Teri Tynes