The High Line is one of the most fantastic urban regeneration projects I have had the pleasure of visiting anywhere in the world. It is a linear park built on a raised railway, that fell into disuse after it was no longer required, in the meat packing area of New York. It has been brought back to life under the direction of the ‘Friends of the High Line‘. If you are visiting, I cannot recommend it highly enough.
On my recent family visit to New York, we started walking the High Line and after a little way decided to drop down to street level to find a bite to eat. This was indeed serendipitous, because as we emerged onto 10th Avenue, I could see a lift truck with a couple of artists on it painting a huge wall above a closed deli.
I instantly recognised the artist as the fabulous Pixel Pancho, whose work is so incredibly distinctive. I felt privileged to watch him and his team at work, and rather lucky to have accidentally stumbled on this. I have tried to convince my wife that this was pure coincidence; I don’t think she bought it…but it was.
Immediately I got snapping while my family checked out the Don Giovanni restaurant two doors away. I couldn’t stay long, and unfortunately I didn’t get to see the completed work, which looks rather good, don’t you think?
Natural adventures 
I walked the High Line last time I was in NYC. It was wonderful! How lucky that you got to see this!
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Very lucky. It was a good day.
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What a neat experience! We’re big fans of street art too (we did a blog post on it here: http://madhattersnyc.com/2016/01/05/the-city-that-gives-you-lemons-also-gives-you-lemonade/). Definitely looking forward to seeing this one IRL! 🙂
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What a great blog post. Some really good street art and the food at the end looks terrific.
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You’re too kind. Haha, yes, everything comes back to food with us!
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What a great experience. I am more than half on Mrs Scooj’s side on this one. The odds were on your side. Love his work. You have great luck in finding street artists out and about doing their thing!
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This was pure luck. I am more likely to see artists in Bristol because I go where they work.
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How cool that you stumbled upon this – I’ve been meaning to head over and check out the finished version of this mural. Coincidentally, I’m working on a post about the High Line right now – it will probably go up tomorrow!
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I will look forward to your post. We walked it on Memorial Day, so it was incredibly busy, but wonderful nonetheless.
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