The "floating green carpet" that runs through the Manhattan sky, which is transformed from an abandoned railway, is one of the locations for the US TV series "Westworld", and there are several good architectural/art points along the way, which are suitable for joining the list of New York City Walk routes.

1️⃣ Vessel Large pine cone

Manhattan's popular landmark "the vessel", as one of NYC's iconic buildings, was completed in 2019, with a height of 50 meters and 16 floors. It once became a popular landmark on the Internet, known as the "New York Eiffel Tower". However, less than a year after the opening, three young people have jumped to their deaths in this building, and they can only take photos outside. After a gap of three years, the reopening will be announced soon. Each floor is covered with a protective net to prevent another jump. Can be used as the starting point of the High Line Park walking route, finally can enter the inside of the big pine cone clock!

Building 150 feet high, hollow and metal plated strip to create a split-level design, from which point of view have a unique sense of line, the rate of 100%, whether it is on the big pine cone shuttle back and forth inside, or outside to watch people come and go, let people sigh that it is worthy of the undaunted architectural representative. Before the closure, the ticket price to board Vessel was $10 each, and it is unclear how much it will cost when it reopens. That's certainly good news for anyone who hasn't boarded the Vessel yet. Are you going to make a special trip?

The skyscraper next to the Big pine cone, above is the new Internet celebrity punch card terrace, said to have a better view than the Empire State Building, this time because of time did not go. The most popular Edge, the most cloud-based restaurant Peak, unparalleled visual feast, one of the highest outdoor observation decks in the Western Hemisphere! Invincible architecture, Kit Kat design, panoramic view of Manhattan, New York travel must go to!

The Edge Observation Deck is located in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, on the 100th floor of the Hudson Yards skyscraper, which is 345 meters above the ground. This observation deck extends 24 meters out into the air, offering visitors a unique view of New York City. The Edge Observation Deck is a new landmark in New York City, providing the perfect visual experience, allowing visitors to feel like they are suspended in mid-air, enjoying the feeling of intimate contact with the city, daydreaming and marveling!

The Edge is 5 meters taller than the Empire State Building and taller than the entire Chrysler Building. This presence refreshes the New York skyline. It also defines the 21st century New York tourist punch must go to.

Peak restaurant is on the 101st floor, you can book Western-style lunch online, two-course or three-course is a good choice, the restaurant is full every day, as if there is a wonderful restaurant on the cloud, to meet my desire to climb the top of the highest building every time I go to the world metropolis!



3️⃣ Little Island

Little Island, a New York City park project by renowned British designer Thomas Heatherwick, New York-based Landscape Architects Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects (MNLA) and Arup It officially opened to the public. The same designer as Tianan Qianshu in Shanghai, the area is not large, but the route design of the island is very clever, every few steps are a scene, and there is a small theater inside. Reeds and flowers spiral up with the walk, and you can take a view of One World Trade from many vantage points along the way, but for a panoramic view of the island, you can recommend the Pier 57 Rooftop Park, which is a pleasant outdoor garden, perfect for basking in the summer.

This 2.4 acre urban peach garden comfortably "anchored" in New York's Hudson River pier, not only provides local residents with a collection of music, dance, theater and public art and natural landscape for a recreation space, but also becomes another landmark in the landmark New York City.




4️⃣ Chelsea Market

What is the most popular food court in New York? Chelsea Market, also known as the "New Yorker's Kitchen." New York's famous slaughterhouse-turned-market, with department stores, bookstores, and food from around the world, is worth a visit. It's a magical area with its own unique artistic sense in a city as competitive as New York. Being here, you'll feel at ease. All kinds of galleries and art exhibitions, new concepts and new brands first line experience. Chelsea is not just a place to find fashion, it's a place to find happiness.

At the beginning of the 20th century, it was just a working people's colony. However, as Soho's land prices soared, many artists, including Andy Warhol and Patti Smith, moved to Chelsea to create, which gradually became the cultural and artistic center of New York.

The Whitney Museum of American Art (Whitney Museum of American Art WMAA) is one of the "four major art museums in New York" along with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA and Guggenheim. Its collection is arguably the finest in the world of twentieth-century American art, offering a full range of twentieth-century and contemporary American art, with a special focus on the works of living artists, dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and presenting American art.

The scale of the exhibition hall is not large, the exhibits are biased towards modern/alternative/avant-garde style, and there is enough time to go. The rooftop of the 8th floor has a good view, there is also a cafe, you can see another Angle of the small island, the ticket price is more expensive $30.

At present, the museum is located on the Hudson River in New York, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, and has an indoor exhibition area of about 4,600 square meters. The outdoor exhibition area is about 1200 square meters, which is partly due to the emphasis on the collection and promotion of outdoor public art, and is determined to combine the management of the art museum with the education of the American public.

Art genres include Modernism, social realism, precision, abstract Expressionism, Pop art, minimalism, and the Bin School, among others, represented by famous artists such as Andy Warhol, Edward Hope, Georgia O 'Keefe, Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Willem de Kooning, and so on.

Focusing on 20th - and 21st-century American art, its permanent collection covers the late 19th century to the present and includes more than 25,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, film, video, and new media by more than 3,500 artists.