Even weirder to me will be a view that will no longer exist soon. The development (and covering) of the West Side Yard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_

Even weirder to me will be a view that will no longer exist soon. The development (and covering) of the West Side Yard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Yard#mediaviewer/File:PennStation.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Yard#mediaviewer/File... ... to include 16 skyscrapers built on 26 acres to create almost 13 million square feet of residential, office and retail space: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/realestate/commercial/developers-prepare-to-compete-for-tenants-in-hudson-yards.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/realestate/commercial/deve... As someone who lives on Long Island, whenever I go to the city, it is into Penn, which itself is a disappointing reincarnation of its former self, which is in midtown :/ To have the High Line nearby is nifty, but I will miss being able to see the West Side Yard. It's going to be one of those old NY things that residents and visitors take for granted but later on, when people who haven't seen it look at photographs, they'll be kinda amazed. Like this cowboy on 13th at 11th: http://friendsofthehighline.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/photo-of-the-week-west-side-cowboy-twofer/ http://friendsofthehighline.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/photo-o... Or underground cow tunnels: http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/12/14/historic-cow-tunnels-of-new-york/ http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/12/14/historic-cow-tunnels-o... Or trains pulling into a cookie factory: http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2012/03/bowery-boys-high-line-audio-walking.html http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2012/03/bowery-boys-high-l... ... which you can now walk through as part of the High Line. The West Side Yard will still be there, just hidden from view, one of the millions of pieces of awe-inspiring infrastructure that make the city run. I need to go take photos there one last time before I'll never be able to see it again.