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| Astilbes in bloom, High Line park. |
The week-end of June 16, 2012, DH and I visited our offspring in New York. I planned a trip to
The City Quilter, a Manhattan fabric store, with an associated art quilt gallery, recommended by quilt friend Linda. Daughter decided to show me the
High Line, as it's in the same geographical area. The High Line is easily accessible by subway, and became our scenic route to The City Quilter.
The High Line is a defunct elevated freight rail line reborn as a linear urban park in the former meat-packing district of Manhattan. Wildly popular, if the crowds were anything to go by on a beautiful June day, there are food stalls, fixed lounge chairs, loads of special events, and flowers and foliage galore. Almost too many plants, as at times the generous planting beds squeeze the walkway to a narrow bottleneck, slowing the pace and forcing a single file passage. This is a minor quibble, however; overall it's a wonderful, unique addition to New York's open space. Part of our subway system here in Boston is called the Green Line - the High Line is, literally, New York's Green Line.
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| The High Line. |
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| The long green line of High Line park. |
The City Quilter, which sells fabrics, books, and needlework supplies such as sashiko samplers, has an associated gallery for art quilts. Hand-made gifts are quite reasonable; I purchased a hand-dyed rayon scarf for daughter for only $15, my Manhattan bargain.
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| The City Quilter and The ArtQuilt Gallery - NYC. |
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| Lots of goodies and nice staff. |
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| Daughter admires quilts on display. |
On our way back to the subway, we stopped for liquid refreshment at
Argo Tea Cafe Chelsea location (275 7th Avenue). Tea and light bites to stay or go, plus a wall of tea to make at home.
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| Argo Tea Cafe. |
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| Got tea? |
