An Evening in Chelsea

After work on Friday, Bobby and I decided to explore a neighborhood of New York that we had never really been to before - Chelsea.

See it there - on the lower left side?

 
On the advice of a coworker, we decided to explore the High Line. I believe it is a set of old, above ground railroad tracks that were used when bringing cattle trains into the city.  There were talks of tearing down the tracks, but they decided it would be better to turn it into a park and walking area. It was beautiful! I can only imagine what it will look like in full bloom! The trail runs from about 30th Street down past 14th - but we got off at 14th so that we could explore Chelsea Market.

Part of sidewalk that is built over the old rails

View of Statue of Liberty (see it waaaay out there)

View of Hudson River and New Jersey from the High Line

View of 10th Avenue from the High Line

Branches of the old rail. You can't walk (at least not yet) on that part.

The old rail

Chelsea Market is a fabulous market! It's a scaled down version of Pikes Place (in Seattle, WA) in that whereas Pikes Place might have several seafood grocers, Chelsea Market has one. But it was a great one! There was also a meat area, a bakery and several other little stores. It was a great place to walk around and I can't wait to shop there for groceries!

Some of the seafood at Chelsea Market

Don't those scallops look delicious!!

While walking around we also saw a blimp in the sky! I think it had an advertisement on it but it was still neat to see!

It is so much fun getting to explore "new" areas of New York with Bobby!