A reader writes:
Please tell me it was an editing slip up and The Dish actually meant to put Michael Bourne's critique of High Line Park under a Poseur Alert banner. Lazy "hipster" bashing, a weird anti-art vibe, and un-self-conscious gentrification-trolling pervade the piece. Fact is, the High Line is a beautiful space that is beloved precisely because it's not some faux Versailles set away from the city. Its situation in Chelsea leads people through the whole aesthetic range of a very diverse neighborhood, and with amazing cityscape views that aren't available anywhere else so accessible.
That's not nostalgia for urban decay wrought by "children of the suburbs" as Mr. Bourne says. It's a celebration of where we actually live.
Another:
The High Line is such a cool park both in concept and in reality – looks good on paper but looks even better in real life. It's an Internet-age space that has butterflies and bees and fresh air and that delights almost everyone who passes through. I was doing research for an extended period on W. 25th street as it was being opened a few years ago, and the excitement around it was palpable. I could go up and be in that space in a matter of minutes. From a lover of Central Park (who grew up in its shadow), I find this park equally brilliant.
And, like Central Park, it's really good to experience it stoned.
The Dish 