Is The High Line's Lawn The New Plato's Retreat?

Last night photographer Katie Sokoler dropped by the High Line to grab us some shots of the newly-opened Phase II after dark. She reported back today, saying, "Since there's a lawn now, it's just full of couples making out and rolling around. I zoomed in on this shot and saw this girl totally grabbing onto this guys crotch with all these people around!" Is the lawn destined to become the new Plato's Retreat, and more importantly: is there a way to sanitize the grass each day, or maybe cover it in latex?

Stay tuned for more G-rated shots of the park after dark, and check out Sokoler's gorgeous night shots from High Line Phase I.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on June 9, 2011 3:53 PM

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Guest

Blech. This is only interesting to women. "Let's lay in the disgusting grass, where I know you won't be comfortable, with a bunch of other women who also dragged some poor assholes here."

Guest

Why does it have to be compared to a STD riddled disco sex club?

Why not a romantic secluded spot reference like the Mulholland Trail in LA?

Contrary to what Karen O whined about - there is a such thing as modern romance - you just have to not be scared and arrogant.

Guest

>Why does it have to be compared to a STD riddled disco sex club?

Have you been to the meatpacking district lately?

>Why not a romantic secluded spot reference

Have you been to New York... ever?

>there is a such thing as modern romance

And there's such a thing as drunken groping on a hot sticky night while hundreds walk by in the most crowded stretch of mini-park in north america.

Guess which one this is?

increble_plum

Nice mom-jorts, baby.

famdoc

Plato's Retreat=reference older than the average Gothamist reader.

Peanut_Butter

Classics are undated.

Alexis Arnold

I f***ing hate NY now. Serious, I hate you guys.

Peanut_Butter

Welcome to G'ist. You fit right in. Have a great weekend.

pendejito

What an ethnically diverse crowd.

diablofreak

someone call NYPD, plenty of ticketing opportunities

Guest

That'd be perfect.

In fact, I see a municipal best-practice coming out of this. Shifting more and more of the NYC's operating expenses onto obnoxious drunks, hipsters, clueless transplants would be a win-win.

An exaggerated sense of entitlement coupled with a complete lack of concern for others is a vast and untapped resource. Turning that into money could fill our coffers without end. We could finally have the budget and manpower to keep the subway stations "tokyo clean".

Brilliant!

Gothampc

No cause Plato's Retreat was as expensive as heck to get into.

Sinchy

No dog piss on the high line grass. Rat piss maybe.

Guest

If you think this kind of behavior makes someone a pervert you need to GTFO of New York right the f*ck now. You do not belong anywhere but a church or Connecticut. Seriously.

Guest

for clarity, this kind of behavior does not make anyone a pervert. rather, a pervert would be so "in" on this, or at least should be, instead of going to some innocent supermarket where people are shopping for food and other daily necessities...

Guest

Nothing dirty is going on in any of the photos in this "article" and none of this is in any way, shape, or form related to the grocery store story. Lord have mercy if your photographer ever stumbles onto a lawn in central park on a nice day. Make sure she wears a nice set of pearls to clutch as she faints from shock. FFS