High Line Designer Encourages Standard Hotel Exhibitionism

You could call it an elevated train track that was converted into a park. Or you could conceive of it as an “urban catwalk,” if you prefer:

Gaspar Libedinsky, one of the High Line park designers, was all for the voyeurism: “It is like an urban catwalk. It is a place to see and be seen.”

Location Scout: High Line.

Who Said It Was OK For Men To Walk Around With Their Shirts Off?

No shirt, no shoes, no justice:

“This is unbelievable — and super,” said Dalvin Jan, 21, who rents bicycles for a living on Central Park South. “I’m going to tell my wife to join in.”

With Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman” blaring from speakers and chants of “free your breasts, free your mind,” the troupe of bare-breasted women — and their enthusiastic male supporters — paraded their way along Central Park South.

“We’re all here for the same reason — to allow women to be free in the park like men,” organizer Sylvie Chabot, 54, of Montreal, told the crowd at a midday rally at Columbus Circle.

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New York is the only state in the country where women can be topless legally, after a 1992 ruling in the state’s highest court. That means any woman can walk around the city at any time with no shirt on.

You Never Want To Be “That Guy” . . .

. . . who overstates his own sweatshop life story:

Queens City Councilman John Liu adamantly insisted Sunday that he worked in a sweatshop as a child, despite denials from both of his parents and two of his mother’s longtime friends.

Lest You Assumed Hydrants Were Just For Cooling Off On Muggy Summer Days . . .

Wow, a placard that lets you park anywhere, so cool:

A car sporting an official NYPD placard issued to cops blatantly blocked a fire hydrant yesterday in The Bronx — as a blaze broke out in the apartment building directly in front of it.

Instead of being able to hook up their hoses to the hydrant, frustrated firefighters had to rely on handheld fire extinguishers to put out the kitchen blaze that broke out on the top floor of a six-story building at 206 East 198th Street in Fordham.

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The vehicle displayed parking credentials for Queens’ narcotics bureau.

A Post photographer trying to take a picture of the placard was forced to move away by cops.

The High Line’s “Shifting Narrative”

Because of course when you open a nice new $150 million park, you want people coming out in droves to enjoy the view:

Grandparent Gwen Barrett said the neighborhood has always been edgy.

“That kind of stuff here is anticipated,” she said.

Still, “I definitely wouldn’t want to bring my grandkids here,” she added.

See Also: “Two Parks” . . .

Location Scout: High Line.