New York - Day 2

 One and Two Manhattan West are twin towers situated on 9th Avenue opposite the Moynihan Train Hall near the Hudson Yards. Nearby is the Edge Building which features 100th floor perspex viewing platform.

One and Two Manhattan West

Edge Building and viewing platform

Hudson Yards are on the  West Side of Midtown Manhattan bounded roughly by 30th Street in the south, 41st Street in the north, the West Side Highway in the west, and Eighth Avenue in the east. It takes it's name from the rail yards used to store commuter rail trains operating out of Penn Station. 

Hudson Yards Rail Yards

Hudson Yards 

Hudson Yards - The Vessel

Hudson Yards

New York Harbour Pier 54 on the Hudson River was the location of the Cunard Lines terminal for trans Atlantic crossings. 

Cunard Line Pier 54 New York Harbour

Pier 54 New York Harbour

On the 18th April 1912 the SS Carpathia docked at Pier 54 landing the survivors from the Titanic.

SS Carpathia Pier 54 18th April 1912

Located at the former Pier 55 in New York Harbour is an artificial island "Little Island". 

Pier 55 Little Island IJ / VM

The highline is a walkway and park which utilises part of the former elevated rail line operated by the New York Central Railroad.

The original rail line into lower Manhattan operated during the late 1800's delivering food and freight operated at street level.

 New York Central Railroad 10th Avenue 1920's

It's operation caused road congestion as it traversed the streets along 10th Avenue. The operation was also dangerous with many fatal accidents which resulted in 10th Avenue being nicknamed "Death Avenue".

To solve the problems of the congestion and safety, in the mid 1920's it was decided that the rail line would operate on elevated lines and construction began on the West Side Elevated Line, the first train running in 1933.

West Side Elevated Line

West Side Elevated Line

By the 1960's the use of the route started to decline and sections of the rail line closed over the next 20 years and by the 1990s it had fallen into disuse. 

High Line in disuse

Regeneration of sections of  the former elevated rail line began in 2003, and opened in phases from 2006 onwards. The High Line consists of  2.33 km of the former elevated railway.

High Line

High Line Gansevoort St

High Line

High Line

High Line VM

One World Trade Centre was built in the shadow of the original twin towers of the World Trade Centre which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of 9th September 2001. 

 One World Trade Centre

National Museum of the American Indian

Houndstooth Pub 8th Avenue / 37th Street

Houndstooth Pub IJ

Houndstooth Pub 8th Avenue Mike Jane VM