I've said it before: New York's High Line elevated park is best when it rains. No, you're not going to visit during a monsoon, but a touch of ambient moisture is usually all it takes to keep the wimps away, leaving more room for the true aficionados to explore the world's finest example of industrial repurposing. My rain rule also extends to the new Rainbow City project, which occupies a lot next to the 30th Street terminus of the High Line's newly-opened Section 2. You'll definitely need some kind of weather event to keep the crowds at bay, because it's pretty amazing.

With the first stretch of the highly-buzzed about High Line Park slated for completion by the end of the year, Related Companies LLC, (the masterminds behind the Time Warner Center), has opened the finely polished doors to the Caledonia — the first luxury condominium built along the “park in the sky.” The swanky residential tower located at 450 W 17th Street, houses 190 condominiums and will offer a spectacular view of the first section of the 1.45 mile park, which spans from Gansevoort to 20th street, still 14 blocks shy of it’s final destination at 34th street.